Disguised as a man, Deborah Sampson joined the Revolutionary War and took a bullet for the cause. The Massachusetts Archives and Commonwealth Museum in Boston will honor her memory by displaying a ...

Little is known of Deborah Sampson, a young Massachusetts woman who, disguised as a man, fought in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. This is not surprising as her actions were surely ...

This week continues with the story of Deborah Sampson Gannett, who was the only woman to serve as a soldier in the American Revolution and to receive a pension for her services. After a childhood of ...

Connecticut, we see your two state “heroes” – one current, the other hinted at – and raise you one. That one being the official Revolutionary War hero that Massachusetts is sticking with: Deborah ...