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A rather tall man named Robert Shurtleff joined the Continental Army in 1782 and spent two years in combat, even removing a musket ball from his thigh to prevent surgeons discovering his secret, Robert was not a man but a woman named Deborah Sampson Gannet

Veterans, along with local and state officials, came to Sharon to celebrate the achievements of women veterans.

Statue of Deborah Sampson outside the Sharon Public Library. (Creative Commons.) From The Female Review: Life of Deborah Sampson, the Female Soldier in the War of Revolution. An effort in underway to add a State House memorial, honoring Deborah Samson, a hero of the American Revolution who disguised herself as a man in order to serve in the Continental Army. Reps. Linda Dean Campbell of Methuen and David Vieira of Falmouth filed legislation to establish a 15-member commission to design the memo...