I
learn from my students every day!
Thanks
to Mrs. Gauvain and her third grade class, who knew Massachusetts has a state heroine? That’s THE ONE THING I learned today!
Her
name is Deborah Samson and she was a school teacher in Middleborough. Growing up on a farm with a family of ten
boys, she heard many stories of risk and bravery during the Revolutionary
War. She didn’t want to miss the action,
literally, so she pretended to be a boy to fight in that war. She was wounded – even took a musket ball to
the leg – but was never found out.
After
the war, she married and had three children of her own. The family was extremely poor so Ms. Samson’s
friend, Paul Revere, asked the government to provide a little money for the
family. So, she became the recipient of
the very first government pension.
Deborah
Samson was brave and she took risks. (My
kind of woman!) Some character traits just never get old!
One more
“fun fact” I learned today: I said “good morning” 77 times today!
--Mrs.
Capezzuto
SPED
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