Jim Hays
@JayHamiltonMAN
Mary Ludwig Hays was wife to artilleryman William Hays and was carrying water for the battery to cool the cannons, hence the nickname “Molly Pitcher.” When William succumbed to a wound (or heat exhaustion) she took his place at the cannon. One account reports she had a cannon ball pass between her legs ripping her skirt, but she never missed a beat in returning fire. After her husbands death she remarried (McCauley) and eventually applied for a pension as a soldiers widow but in 1822 PA awarded her a grant of $40 annually “for services rendered” in the war. The legend of “Captain Molly” was born after the war appearing in many prints of the time but it wasn’t until 1876 that the citizen’s of Carlisle, PA claimed that Mary Hays was the heroine of the battle of Monmouth. Several other women are claimed to be “Molly Pitcher” and it is possible that the story is an amalgamation of several women who participated directly in the war effort.
12:18 PM · Jun 28, 2023
Emerald Robinson ✝️
@EmeraldRobinson
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3h
That awkward silence in America right now is from everyone realizing that no vaccines were properly tested with safety studies.
None of them.
Why do you think autism rates have skyrocketed?