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Because Alabama was not part of the original Thirteen Colonies, the state has few Revolutionary War ties. However, Alabama does have the resting place...

On December 1, 1835, Micah Jenkins was born on Edisto Island in South Carolina. In 1854, he graduated from the South Carolina Military Academy, now...

David Hunter was born on July 21, 1802, in Troy, New York. Hunter attended West Point and graduated in 1822. He was commissioned as a second...

Born in approximately 1840 on the upper part of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula to Franco-Ottawa merchant-fur trader Henry Graveraet and his Ojibwe wife...

Born on the Tonawanda Reservation in western New York in 1828, Hasanoanda was raised in the Seneca traditions but was educated at a Baptist mission...

Samuel Francis Du Pont was born on September 27, 1803, in Bayonne, New Jersey. One of seven children, Du Pont’s uncle was Eleuthere Irenee du Pont...

Edward Henry Hobson was born on July 11, 1825, in Greensburg, Kentucky. As a young man, Hobson helped with his father’s steamboat business. In 1846...

Dr. James Brown McCaw was born on July 12, 1823, in Richmond, Virginia. Born into a long line of doctors, McCaw continued in his father’s and...

Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire was born on October 11, 1835, in Winchester, Virginia. One of seven children, McGuire’s family was a prominent medical...

Joseph H. De Castro made history as the first Hispanic to earn the Medal of Honor— the United States’ highest military decoration for valor in combat...

Dorothea Lynde Dix was born on April 4, 1802, in Hampden, Maine. As a young child, Dorothea moved to Worchester, Massachusetts, to live with her...

Maria Ruíz de Burton was a ‘Renaissance Woman’ of her time, excelling in politics, writing, and activism throughout the 19th century. Born on July 3...