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Seth Jones was born in Dighton, Massachusetts in September 1775, to Deborah and Elijah Jones. Just two weeks after Paul Revere’s ride, nineteen-year-old Seth and his older brother Increase Jones joined Captain Peter Pitt’s company of the Bristol county militia. Stationed just outside of Boston in Roxbury, Massachusetts during the British siege of Boston, Seth fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775, where “his gun became so hot that he had to hold it by the strap

. Brookville Stone House Project (Also known as the Twin Forks Chapter House) 168 E 1st Street Brookville, Indiana 47012 www.facebook.com/brookvillestonehouse/ Historical Significance: The house is an example of a two-story double-pen plan house, occasionally called a "double entry I-house," a form seen in Indiana's more developed eastern and southern counties from the 1810's into the 1840's. The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 as a contr

Soldiers and Sailors Monument Downtown Indianapolis https://www.in.gov/iwm/2335.htm Recognized as one of the world's outstanding monuments, the structure has come to symbolize both the City of Indianapolis and the state of Indiana. The Soldiers & Sailors Monument is Indiana's official memorial to Hoosiers that served in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, Frontier Wars, and the Spanish-American War. The Monument stands 284 feet, 6 inches tall - only

Sgt. Major John Champe was born in Aldie, VA, in 1753. He was a senior enlisted soldier in the Continental Army and became a double agent in