-
Molly Pitcher's name was not actually Molly Pitcher. Her real name is Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley. She got the name from carrying pitchers of water for the soldiers.
-
Molly moved to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to work as a domestic servant
-
Here Molly got married to a local barber named John Casper Hays on July 24, 1769 when she was only 15!!!!
-
on this day, the declaration was approved. Mlly had nothing to do with this but it was an important time to the whole united states.
-
Molly joined her husband as a camp follower during the Philadelphia Campaign (1777-1778) in New Jersey during the Revolutionary War.
-
Her actions during the Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778, became legendary.
-
On april 26 1783 Molly returned to Pennsylvania where, after her huband John Hays died, she remarried to a war veteran named John McCauley.
-
April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797 george washington was priesident!
-
In 1822, the legislature of Pennsylvania awarded Molly Pitcher forty dollars and an annual commission of the same amount during her lifetime!
-
Molly Pitcher died when she was 98 which was a long time because she lived in a hard time period.
