On Independence Day We Remember
by Techievampire on Jul.04, 2009, under Special
Jacob Hesse (Came with Rochambeau to fight in the Revolution)
Benjamin Ray
William Collum
Clark Burlingame
David Morehouse (and the many other descendants of Thomas Morehouse that took part in some way in the revolution. From actually fighting the British to the women defending their homes from night time raids, including my Husband’s 4th Great Grandmother, Susannah (Nash) Morehouse. During the war the British burnt Danbury and New Haven Connecticut. Eventually Morehouse descendants moved from Connecticut to the “Firelands”, lands given to them as reparations for what the British destroyed. The area his ancestors settled in was Ohio.)
Independence Day isn’t about hot dogs, fireworks, etc. It’s about what these people endured so that we CAN celebrate in that way today.
