I encourage chapters to begin planning local events during the week of November 8-11, 2021. Capitol Historical Society, the Society of the Honor Guard, authors, military units and tours by Arlington National Cemetery Historians. Thank you to Alain Outlaw and the James City County Historical Commission for their contributions to the Patriot Soldier of the American Revolution.The Society of the Honor Guard is planning activities and ceremonies for the week of November 8-11, 2021, to include presentations by the U.S.
This Patriot represents all those unknown soldiers who died for Independence. The musket ball found above his right waist likely contributed to his demise. He was probably one of the 22 Pennsylvanians who died in the battle. During his 37 year stay at the Smithsonian, it was revealed that based on stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values, revealing a corn diet, likely a northern states soldier. Based upon analysis of the bones by the Smithsonian Institution in 2015, this white male was between 23 and 28 years old. The soldier was hurriedly buried where he fell, in a shallow pit, clothed in his waistcoat and breeches, but lacking a coffin. It was there that the most intense combat action took place. The human remains enclosed in the Tomb of the Unknown Patriot Soldier of the American Revolution were discovered in 1978 by archaeologists from the Virginia Research Center for Archaeology on the nearby Harris Plantation, three-quarters of a mile to the west of Church on the Main. Surviving soldiers on both sides fought again a few months later at the decisive Battle of Yorktown, 16 miles to the east, which concluded with the British surrender on October 19, 1781. Tomb of the Unknown Patriot Soldier of the American Revolutionĭuring the Revolutionary War Battle of Green Spring, which took place in the fields and woods near Church on the Main on July 6, 1781, American forces under the command of the Marquis de Lafayette engaged the army of British Lord Cornwallis.
The Powhatan Creek Trail in James City County links to a number of historic sites along its path including the Tomb of the Unknown Patriot Solider of the American Revolution, the Church on the Main and Mainland Farm.The path is accessible to walkers, joggers and bikers.
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