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The Hero They Lost for a Century

John Paul Jones won the most famous fight in American naval history by lashing his ship to a bigger one.

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Benjamin Franklin arrived in Paris with nothing to bargain with. Seven years of relationships later, he signed the peace. The long game wins.

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August 7, 1782: George Washington created the first American military decoration a common soldier could earn. It was made of purple cloth.

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A roadside sign, a bullet-torn wool hat, and the 73-year-old who died for the Revolution seven months after it was supposedly won.

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Carnage, wreck and ruin: what John Paul Jones and a 21-year-old surgeon did after the battle reveals honor as a choice under pressure.

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On Lexington Green, John met a young man whose sixth great-grandfather was John Adams. It's a reminder that history lives only if we carry it.