A weapon that was used during the Siege of Yorktown will soon be unveiled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Museum of the American Revolution will welcome the sword that was gifted by Major General Marquis de Lafayette to a soldier of the Continental Army’s Corps of Light Infantry.
Jeremiah Keeler of Ridgefield, Connecticut, carried the sword at the Siege of Yorktown as a crutch on his long walk home at the end of the Revolutionary War, according to the museum’s press release.
Keeler and his Infantry, led by Alexander Hamilton, “assaulted a British redoubt, which led the Continental Army and its French allies to victory,” said the release.
The sword was purchased in the winter of 1779-1780 by Lafayette.
It’s made of iron, steel and brass with a leather scabbard.
“We are excited to share the story of this young Connecticut veteran of America’s first greatest generation with visitors from across the country and around the world,” said R. Scott Stephenson, the museum’s president and CEO.
Too cool. I have always loved Revolutionary War history, though I admit I know less about it than I do WWII or the Civil War.
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