Revolutionary Pensions

Posted on July 4, 2007 by Susan Mangiero

According to americanrevolution.org, colonial soldiers (and their widows) received pensions until about 1832 when benefits were stripped. For history buffs, the site's author encourages a reading of the archived details.

"All of the Revolutionary War Pensions have been abstracted and are at most Archives. These are large books and include a number of volumes.  Also, the Federal Archives have the original pensions on microfilm....reading these (as opposed to the abstracts) is quite interesting, because of details of exciting battles, and personal information."

For more information about the history of this important U.S. holiday (no Virginia, it's not just a sale day at the mall), check out the following sites.

History of the Fourth - PBS.org

Fourth of July - Wikipedia.com

Today in History - Library of Congress

Fourth of July - HistoryChannel.com

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