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State of Service: VT
Qualifying Service: Lieutenant
153791 Samuel Beach my patriot joined the revolution on May 7, 1775 at Rutland Vermont, and became a member of the Green Mountain Boys. Very soon Ethan Allen, the leader, asked him to travel the area and gather a force to attack Fort Ticonderoga. Beach was a blacksmith and was able to cover the area of 61 miles in 24 hours, gathering 170 men for the battle. Benedict Arnold arrived in Vermont with 10 members of the Sons of Liberty to join in the battle.
This event was short and sweet because of the 180 men only one boat that carried Allen, Arnold, Beach and others. These were the only men who crossed the lake and climbed over the rubble of the south wall, all that was left of the was, by the French, who blew up the magazine before surrendering it in 1763, the attack was just before dawn, Inside the Fort they captured the guard and were lead to the commanders room. After he was awake he was ask to surrender which he did on May 10, 1775, the capturing of the fort was the first military victory in the Revolution. As a victory is winning and holding the battlefield. Beach when on fighting to Capture Crown Point and other forts and attacked Canada before winter and small pox caused the militia to retreat. Samuel joined the New Hampshire army in 1777 as a lieutenant. Fighting at Bennington and Saratoga and discharged 1781 with a letter signed by George Washington, He is qualified for the New Hampshire Society of Cincinnati.
The Flag
In 1777 it became necessary to find a replacement for the Grand Union Flag, which Ben Franklin had designed by adding six white stripes to the English flag (the 13 stripes represented the Sons of Liberty). Designed by Queen Ann in 1717. Queen Ann’s flag was the English flag during the Revolution. (I)t was replaced in by a large flag with the crosses of the kings colors in 1818 with a small red cross added to St. Andrews Cross for St. Patrick. The original red cross is for St. George which dates from th(e) 1200’s. John Adams flag bill was to replace the Kings Colors from the Grand Union with the star from The Green Mountain Boys Flag. The stars were in the shape of the constellation Layre. The stars were like the night sky over New England big and small five pointed. Washington disliked the design and wanted more order, Now yo(u) know why the story about Betsey Ross is true, and the round circle shows all are equal, Samuel Adams’ Sons of Liberty and the Green Mountain Boys gave us our flag.
Sources: Samuel Beach service record in National Archive
A FEW BLODY NOSES The American Revolutionary War by Robert Harvey
The Story of the AMERICAN FLAG by Wayne Wipple in NSSAR Bookstore p. 47
History of Vermont
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