The last men of the American Revolution | BBC Global

[@TulaneAve]

you got a similar distortion of individual histories with the last of the wwII vets. With only a handful of them remaining, they all seem to have landed on DDay. No one was ever a cook or drove a supply truck.

[@sandbridgekid4121]

Dolley Madison, wife of James Madison, lived long enough to have a daguerretype made.

[@brickistic8188]

They witnessed a lot. They changed a lot. Brilliant

[@Fevebblefester]

Thank you for this vid. Something I ha never heard of before.

[@sandbridgekid4121]

A paternal ancestor was an Able Seaman in War Of 1812, in 1814 at age 15. In 1861, he was still in the US Union Navy.

[@auntkami]

This was great! I really appreciated Mr. Hagist’s efforts to balance diplomacy and accuracy. Bless him!

[@janerkenbrack3373]

I think this is a terrific story, and while I am glad to have better knowledge of their true lives, it is the photos that are important to the country. I wonder how much influence the reminder of how near that long past war was. And a reminder that we needed unity to win as a nation. Perhaps we should bring to our attention those few remaining from WWII, to remind people who we should be fighting against.

[@AcademiaFeraz]

Each of them was over 100 years old, yet we are often told that people in the past had shorter lifespans. This prompts us to question the truth behind the notion that we live longer lives today.

[@peteowe]

From about 230,000 soldiers that fought during the American revolution roughly 5 or 6 lived past 100. Sure, that's enough evidence to question modern medical advances.

[@mike74h]

Or to question our understanding of statistics.

[@jeff__w]

8:25 *DON N HAGIST:* “Two that I've been able to determine did, in fact, prove their service and received Revolutionary War pensions after 1864.” Well, receiving one’s pension in one’s 100s, while better than nothing, probably did not amount to a whole lot. The question is whether they received all the back payments they were entitled to _before_ they began receiving their pension.

[@kellyshomemadekitchen]

Interesting!