January 2
Meriwether Lewis: Co-leader of the western expedition
who explored the land obtained by the Louisiana Purchase.
William Clark: The principal Indian agent and Brigadier
General of the militia for the Louisiana Territory after
returning from the western expedition.
January 9
Oney Judge: One of the slaves who worked for President
and Mrs. Washington in the New York capital and later
Philadelphia.
Betsy Ross: A seamstress and upholsterer who sewed flags
for our "rebellious" new nation.
January 16 (Martin Luther King Day)
John Hancock: Merchant, statesman, & prominent patriot
of the American Revolution.
Benjamin Franklin: Inventor, printer, and statesman.
January 23
Patrick Henry: Virginia lawyer, patriot & orator,
who proclaimed the famous words, "...give me liberty
or give me death!"
Thomas Paine: Author, pamphleteer, radical, inventor,
intellectual, revolutionary: “corsetmaker by trade, a
journalist by profession, and a propagandist by inclination.”
January 30
Alexander Hamilton: Unsung hero of the Revolution and
later the Republic, who is best remembered as the “Father
of the U.S. Treasury.”
Thomas Jefferson: Writer of the Declaration of
Independence and third President of the United States.
February 6
John Adams: Second President of the U.S.
Abigail Adams: Outspoken wife of the second President,
who cautioned her husband to “remember the ladies.”
February 13
Abraham Lincoln: Sixteenth President of the United States, most dearly remembered for his
Emancipation Proclamation.
Henry “Box” Brown: A 19th century Virginia slave who
escaped to freedom by arranging to have himself mailed to
Philadelphia abolitionists in a wooden crate.
February 20 (President's Day)
George Washington: "Father of our Country" --- a man
nobody really knew.
Martha Washington: Beloved first First Lady, she was also
a true soldier's wife.
Hercules: One of Washington’s slaves and the chief cook
at Mount Vernon by 1786. He was described by G.W.
Parke Custis as “a celebrated artiste...as highly
accomplished and proficient in the culinary art as could be
found in the United States.” Hercules escaped to freedom.
February 27
Marquis de Lafayette: Statesman, soldier, general.
Baron Von Steuben: Systematically trained the amateur
American troops in military discipline and
battle-readiness under George Washington.
March 5
Sarah Miriam Peale: Niece of Charles Willson Peale,
talented artist with a long and successful career.
Charles Willson Peale: Philadelphia artist whose many
portraits serve to remember the faces of the Revolution
and of the young Republic.
March 12 (St. Patrick's Day Week)
Brigid Murphy: An immigrant who contracted to work in
exchange for passage and accommodation.
Susan B. Anthony: 19th century women's rights advocate
who worked ceaselessly for the right to vote.
March 19
Meriwether Lewis: Co-leader of the western expedition who explored the land obtained by the Louisiana Purchase.
William Clark: The principal Indian agent and Brigadier General of the militia for the Louisiana Territory after returning from the western expedition.
March 26
Molly Pitcher: A soldier's wife who bravely stepped in to
"man" his cannon position after he was wounded in battle.
Dolley Madison: A Quaker from Philadelphia who
became the country's third First Lady.
