This woman helped her father gather Patriots to fight the British. She traveled through the night in the cold and the rain but was too late to win the battle.

• Mary Ludwig Hays

• Emily Geiger

• Sybil Ludington

• Martha Adams

This woman was the wife of the second President of the United States, she was an advocate for women's rights and women's education. She was also opposed to slavery.

• Crispus Attucks

• Abigail Adams

• Martha Washington

• Sybil Ludington

This woman was the wife of the first President of the United States. She stayed along side her husband for most of the war, copied his letters, knitted for the soldiers, and visited hospitals.

• Mrs. Enlow

• Emily Geiger

• Abigail Washington

• Martha Washington

A black man who became the first casualty of the American Revolution when he was shot and killed in what became known as the Boston Massacre.

• Crispy Adams

• Crispus Attucks

• Salem Poor

• John Adams

This woman reportedly brought water to the troops at the Battle of Monmouth and worked the cannon after her husband was wounded.

• Mary Ludwig Hays

• Martha Washington

• Abigail Adams

• Peter Salem

An enslaved African-American man who purchased his freedom, became a soldier, and rose to fame as a war hero during the American Revolutionary War, particularly in the Battle of Bunker Hill

• Crispus Attucks

• George Washington

• Salem Poor

• Poor Buddy

This man was born enslaved but at the outbreak of war was temporarily released by his owners so that he could serve in the army.

• Patrick Henry

• John Adams

• Crispus Attucks

• Peter Salem

This brave woman volunteered to send a message to an army general but was captured. She ate the message to avoid getting caught and was released.

• Emily Geiger

• George Washington

• Molly Pitcher

• Mrs. Enlow