Joseph Plumb Martin
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Joseph Plumb Martin was a soldier in the Connecticut Militia and Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and was mustered out as a 23-year-old Sergeant in a Sapper company. His published narrative of his experiences, re-discovered in the 1950s, has become a valuable resource for historians in understanding the conditions of a common soldier of that era, as well as the battles in which Martin participated.
Martin and wife, Lucy Clewley Martin, in a 19th century portrait painting, date unknown
The first edition of Joseph Plumb Martin's American Revolutionary War memoirs published anonymously in an attempt to help other war veterans applying to receive their government pensions
Becket, Massachusetts
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Becket is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,931 at the 2020 census.
Becket Arts Center, 2005
This sign for westbound traffic is located in Becket, Massachusetts; however Oacoma, South Dakota has not reciprocated this notable feature of Interstate 90 with a similar sign for eastbound traffic.