An exhibit at the National museum of the U.S. army imagines anna maria and John Lane, a married couple who fought in the revolutionary War.
BERNARDO FULLER
A historical depiction of molly pitcher; there are accounts of women stepping in to man a cannon after their husbands were wounded in revolutionary War battles.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Deborah Sampson disguised herself as a man and fought in the revolutionary War using the pseudonym Robert Shurtliff. JOE
PAINTER, MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Reenactors depict what revolutionary War camp life was like June 20 at Monmouth battlefield park in Manalapan, N.J. many women accompanied British, American, French and hessian military units as "camp followers," serving as laundresses, nurses and cooks, during the war.
PETER ACKERMAN, ASBURY PARK PRESS
The memorial obelisk is seen may 7 at the Oriskany battlefield state historic site in New York. during the 1777 battle, Tyonajanegen fired pistols and helped her husband reload his weapon after he was wounded.
A historical depiction of molly pitcher; there are accounts of women stepping in to man a cannon after their husbands were wounded in revolutionary War battles.
Reenactors depict what revolutionary War camp life was like June 20 at Monmouth battlefield park in Manalapan, N.J. many women accompanied British, American, French and hessian military units as "camp followers," serving as laundresses, nurses and cooks, during the war.
The memorial obelisk is seen may 7 at the Oriskany battlefield state historic site in New York. during the 1777 battle, Tyonajanegen fired pistols and helped her husband reload his weapon after he was wounded.
