Most known for his famous ride to alert the colonial militia of British invasion, Paul Revere was a patriot in the American Revolution and the fight for American independence.

Ethan Allen, a charismatic and controversial folk leader, would form a militia known as the Green Mountain Boys and become of the founders of the state of Vermont.

Button Gwinnett was a farmer and lumberman whose passion for the future of the colonies would lead him to a career in political activism and later, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Appointed by General George Washington as Commander of the Army of the South, Nathanael Greene, a popular, well-respected army general, led his troops to several victories, eventually ending British occupation of the south.

Deborah Sampson Gannett was a Revolutionary war heroine who, in disguise as a man, demonstrated her love of country as she fought with the Continental Army, concealing her identity for 17 months.

Known for his guerilla warfare tactics and psychological cunningness, Francis Marion came to be known by his infamous moniker, The Swamp Fox, by both allies and adversaries.

Learn the story of Windsor Fry, a free Black man and one of the few African American Patriots thought to have served in the Revolutionary War.

Colonial Americans or trained soldiers, thousands of militiamen picked up their muskets to fight in the Revolutionary War against Great Britain. Listen to the stories of 18th-century Continental Army militiamen and discover the nuances of what actually embodied the “typical” Revolutionary War soldier.