Category Archive: Grandpa Project

Posts related to Cindy's project of writing about all of Xander's American Grandfathers.

Feb 22

One if by land, and two if by sea

least two of Xander’s Grandfathers were not only Revolutionary War Veterans from Massachusets, but were actually Minutemen who fought in the battle of Bunkers (Breeds) Hill. One of them died in this first significant battle for American independance. All American school children are told about this battle made famous by the Wadsworth poem “The Ride of Paul Revere.”

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