The unknown Revolutionary War HERO who sacrificed everything



The American Revolution was led by many men with names we know by heart — Adams, Revere, Hancock, and Washington — to name a few.

But there’s a lesser known name who’s received little to no time in the limelight in the history books: Dr. Joseph Warren of Massachusetts.

“It’s very interesting,” Mark Levin says. “In New England, early on when the war broke out, before 1776, Dr. Joseph Warren was known better than George Washington.”

During the Battle of Bunker Hill, there was a problem that Warren, a leader of the Revolutionary movement in Boston, helped solve.

The colonists were short on gunpowder, so Warren and a few others put together and signed a letter addressed to the Congress of New York asking for help.

“You read that, and you look at that, and you really think about the men who wrote it and signed it, who put everything on the line, everything they had, including their lives,” Levin says, admiring their sacrifice.

When the Patriots ended up running out of gunpowder during this battle, some of them stood firm at the front line while others were ordered to retreat for another day.

“Dr. Warren insisted on staying on the front line. He was a wanted man, they knew who he was,” Levin explains. “The Americans are overwhelmed, they fight hand to hand combat, and one of the higher ranking British officers, as they were charging up the last time, saw Joseph Warren, aimed his pistol at him in nearly point blank range, shot him between the eyes.”

“And so as not to make a martyr out of Dr. Joseph Warren, they would cut him up into pieces, they would burn what was left of him,” he adds, noting that the British forces also urinated on his remains.

The American forces were able to determine that Warren was one of the dead as in his teeth he had some easily identifiable iron, which was made by Paul Revere, who was a metalsmith.

“I tell you that as a personal example, not personal to me, but a specific example, of what took place,” Levin says.


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Conservatives across the country are infuriated by the recent incident at The Vanguard School in Colorado Springs, where Jaiden Rodriguez, a seventh-grade student, was told by the administration that he must remove the Gadsden flag patch on his backpack, as it was associated with slavery and therefore racist.

Obviously, the situation is outrageous, as the Gadsden flag is tied to the Revolutionary War and British tyranny and not slavery in any capacity. It also exemplifies the ever-expanding definition of racism as well as the censorship and virtue-signaling that’s unfortunately come to define the country.

However, Glenn Beck sees the silver lining.

For starters, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, an organization Glenn has always been at odds with, ruled that “it's not a racist symbol,” and “even the governor of Colorado — a Democrat — said the Gadsden flag is a proud symbol of American Revolution and an iconic warning to Britain or any government not to violate the Liberties of Americans,” he says.

But what Glenn finds most encouraging is how Jaiden Rodriguez has handled this difficult situation.

“I love this kid,” says Glenn. “He knows what he’s talking about.”

“He’s back in school with the flag on his backpack today,” Glenn says, which is largely the result of Jaiden and his mother refusing to be bullied into submission.

Perhaps this situation hints that people have had enough of leftist policies and are finally taking a stand.


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A statue dedicated to Revolutionary War hero Gen. Philip Schuyler that has stood over Albany's city hall for nearly a century was removed on Saturday morning. The statue was removed because Schuyler owned slaves.

A moving crew hoisted the 9-foot-tall statue from its pedestal and loaded it onto a trailer around 8 a.m. on Saturday. The pedestal and a plaque were also removed from the site in New York state's capitol. The removal of Schuyler's statue took about three hours and reportedly cost the city $40,000.

The Gen. Philip Schuyler statue will be temporarily housed inside an undisclosed storage facility until a permanent location is determined. The city council will launch a monuments commission to decide where the statue will be relocated to.

The statue, which was originally erected in 1925, was removed because Schuyler was one of Albany's largest slave owners.

The decision to remove the statue was first announced in the summer of 2020, which was a response to the death of George Floyd and the subsequent riots that ravaged U.S. cities. Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, a Democrat, ordered the removal of the statue in June 2020. However, the removal was reportedly held up because an engineering study took years.

Sheehan said, "All of that took time, it took longer than I wanted it to."

Mary Liz Stewart, the co-founder of the Underground Railroad Education Center, told WRGB, "I was glad action had been taken, I know it was pre-COVID when the issue of what to do, as we say 'what to do with Phil' actually started to percolate in the community. It was an outgrowth of what was going on in other cities around the country."

Dr. Alice Green of the Center for Law and Justice said, "The statue is a continuing reminder that we were enslaved. It's painful to have that reminder every time I go down to city hall or drive past it."

Albany county legislator Jeff Perlee argued, "This isn’t to say that Schuyler was a perfect historical figure. He owned slaves, as was the unfortunate reality of the time for many – including President Washington. It was unquestionably wrong. But nobody is calling for Washington Avenue or Washington Park in Albany to be renamed."

Schuyler served as a major general of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He was also a U.S. Senator representing New York. Schuyler was the father-in-law of Alexander Hamilton.

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On Tuesday, researchers discovered human remains in New Jersey dating back to the Revolutionary War. The battle site, Fort Mercer, is now believed to be the location of a mass grave containing as many as 12 Hessian soldiers.

During the Revolutionary War, the British Army hired 30,000 German troops to help fight against the Americans. The German troops were referred to as the Hessian army.

In June, while digging through a trench at the battle site, archaeologists unearthed a human femur. Scientists found additional skeletal remains and items, including musket balls, brass buttons, a knee buckle, and a King George III gold guinea. The remains and items have been buried for 245 years.

Those involved in the excavation included scientists from Rowan University, Gloucester County officials, and 100 volunteers.

“On June 26 during the final hours of a public archaeology dig at the site of the battlefield’s Fort Mercer trench, a human femur was discovered,” noted Rowan University professor of history Dr. Jennifer Janofsky.

The archaeologists believe that some of the remains of the 377 Hessian soldiers killed during the Battle of Red Bank have been found at Fort Mercer.

South River Heritage Consulting of Delaware principal archaeologist Wade Catts confirmed the findings during a news conference. “Based on everything we’ve found and the context of what we’ve found, these appear to be Hessians.”

Forensic anthropologists with the New Jersey State Police will examine the bones to confirm their origin. Scientists are conducting additional studies to discover the life history and health of the remains. They hope to use that information to reach out to their descendants. After the remains have been tested, they will be moved to another site.

“It’s an extremely rare find to have what we believe to be a Hessian mass grave burial. I can’t think of another site that has something like this. It’s an opportunity to study who these individuals were, where they came from, why they were here. So, the opportunity to tell their story is something I think is really compelling as a public historian,” stated Dr. Janofsky.

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