The vast Northwest had been thus won by a heroic band of volunteers, led by one of the most dauntless warriors that ever risked life for country.
Thomas E. Watson
George Rogers Clark stipulates to Governor Hamilton the terms of surrender of the Northwestern territory, 1779
February Twenty-Fifth
From Inscription on tablet in St. Michael’s Church, Charleston, South Carolina.
“As a Statesman
he bequeathed to his country the sentiment,
‘Millions for defence
not a cent for tribute.’”
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney born, 1746
February Twenty-Sixth