Jun 24, 2021
In 1809, though the two men had never met, President James Madison wrote to General John Stark in recognition of “the part you bore as a hero and a patriot in establishing the independence of our country.” More than a quarter century after the Revolutionary War, it was still common knowledge that Stark, as Madison put it, was “a champion in so glorious a cause.”
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“Live Free or Die: The Story of General John Stark” by Jon Hersey: https://theobjectivestandard.com/2018/01/live-free-or-die-the-story-of-general-john-stark/