In the fifth episode of our Middletown America 250 series, Patriot Profiles — a special edition of Mayor Tony Perry’s Locally Sourced podcast — we honor a Middletown patriot whose service to the American cause came not through the battlefield, but through the essential work that sustained the Revolution. This episode tells the story of Thomas Burrowes, a lifelong Middletown resident whose labor at the Pennsylvania Salt Works and direct material support to the war effort helped both civilian life and the Continental forces. His story reminds us that American independence depended not only on those who fought, but on those who quietly ensured the fight could continue.