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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...