John Stark
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John Stark was an American military officer who served during the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. A major general, he became known as the "Hero of Bennington" for his exemplary servic
Portrait by Ulysses Dow Tenney, c. 1790
Replica of a flag, often claimed to be that of the Green Mountain Boys, in John Stark's collection.
Statue at Stark Park in Manchester, New Hampshire
General Stark's statue at the Bennington Battle Monument
Running the gauntlet
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"Running the gauntlet" is a form of corporal punishment in which one or more individuals are forced to run between two rows of people who attack them with weapons. Metaphorically, the term is also use
John Stark
…away in his canoe, though neighbor David Stinson was killed. While a prisoner of the Abenaki, he and his fellow prisoner Amos Eastman were made to run a gauntlet of warriors armed with sticks. Stark grabbed the stick from the first warrior's hands and proceeded to attack him, taking the rest of the warriors by…
Gauntlet in Russia, 1845
Spiessgasse (pike-alley), Jost Amman illustration, Kriegs Ordnung, 1564
A captive runs the gauntlet between Shawnee warriors.
New belt promotion being celebrated by running the gauntlet of belts