I kind of like Nathanial Greene, if it wasn't for him working to keep the southern army going more than likely the south would have flowndered. I have recently gone to Kings mountain park and it wa interesting to see that the long riflemen took on men on top of a hill and won, well they could shout farther and straighter. I have a tendence to read a historical fiction and then read about them and the things like the rifles they use and learn that way over laping histories. The book I read recently called the American Rifle was interesting to see how it developed and how and why. It is interestingto note that it took 10,000 shots to take a man out of the war, by the civil war it was still about 1,000 rounds, because they couldn't see what they were shooting at with the black powder in the air. Anyways, it is sad what happened to Nathaniel Greene, was given a plantation in the GA area and then stayed out in the sun too long and then died 3 days later, his son ends up dying from drowding, so he had no heirs, sad for man who gave up so much.
The Founding Fathers
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I'll have to go with John Adams - a favorite of mind. Had I been around back in the early days of the Republic, I would have been a John Adams Federalist. There really needs to be a major monument in D.C. for him. As much as they detested each other during much of their life, I think a statue of Adams next to Jefferson in the Jefferson Memorial would be totally appropriate. Today, much of the debates that go on concerning American political philosophy could be traced to those two.
Ben Franklyn,he started the first volateer fire department,public library,
There were many people instrumental in forming the U.S.A.. However, without certain key people, this country would not have been what it is today. Who is your favorite (or worthy of mention) Founding Father and why?