In the sixth episode of our Middletown America 250 series, Patriot Profiles — a special edition of Mayor Tony Perry’s Locally Sourced podcast — we honor Private Eden Burrowes, a young Middletown patriot whose service is remembered through a single, courageous moment during the Revolutionary War. Captured at the Battle of Navesink in 1777, Eden never returned home. His story reminds us that American independence was shaped not only by famous names, but by quiet sacrifices made by ordinary citizens who gave everything for freedom.