Nancy Hart: A True American Hero

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One of many unsung American heroes is Nancy Hart. She was noted for her actions against Loyalists in the Georgia country during the American Revolutionary War. Most of her life remains unknown to us today, so it is hard to tell fact from myth. It is said that Nancy was not a woman of beauty. She was tall and lanky with scars on her face from smallpox. She would have recognized that fact in a hurry had she ever had the pleasure of looking into a mirror. Hart’s character matched her looks with a strong, feisty, hotheaded temper. Anyone who offended her or hurt anyone that she held dear would be sure to see her vengeance. Nancy was the head of her household; this eventually came to include six sons and two daughters and, of course, her husband.

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