{"id":1925547,"date":"2023-05-06T04:55:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T08:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/12-patriot-soldiers-given-proper-funeral-243-years-after-revolutionary-battle-of-camden-boys-only-in-age\/"},"modified":"2023-05-06T04:59:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T08:59:30","slug":"12-patriot-soldiers-given-proper-funeral-243-years-after-revolutionary-battle-of-camden-boys-only-in-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/12-patriot-soldiers-given-proper-funeral-243-years-after-revolutionary-battle-of-camden-boys-only-in-age\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Patriot soldiers, all young boys, finally receive proper burial 243 years after the Revolutionary Battle of Camden."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F12-patriot-soldiers-given-proper-funeral-243-years-after-revolutionary-battle-of-camden-boys-only-in-age%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1925547&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Honoring the Fallen: 13 Revolutionary-Era Soldiers Laid to Rest in South Carolina<\/h2>\n<h3>A Grand Gesture to Honor the Lives of Heroes<\/h3>\n<p>In the heart of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/12-patriot-soldiers-given-proper-funeral-243-years-after-revolutionary-battle-of-camden-boys-only-in-age\/\" title=\"12 Patriot soldiers, all young boys, finally receive proper burial 243 years after the Revolutionary Battle of Camden.\">longleaf pine tree forest<\/a> just north of Camden, South Carolina, Apache helicopters thundered over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reflections-on-crown-heights-30-years-later\/\" title=\"Reflections on Crown Heights, 30 Years Later\">large crowd gathered<\/a> in front of 13 wooden coffins on April 22nd. It was a grand gesture to honor the lives of a handful of revolutionary-era soldiers whose remains were recently discovered. <\/p>\n<p>242 years earlier, two armies met at the Battle of Camden in a fierce contest where the cries of teenage soldiers could be heard as the American colonies struggled to gain independence. The South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust decided to honor the soldiers with a proper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/memorial-service-held-for-slain-fbi-agent-in-fla\/\" title=\"Memorial service held for slain FBI agent in Fla.\">funeral service<\/a> and ceremony out on the battlefield.<\/p>\n<h3>Remembering the Heroes<\/h3>\n<p>The 13 soldiers uncovered in September 2022 included 12 patriots and one Scottish Highlander who fought for the British. Historians, preservationist groups, state authorities, and others then decided it would only be proper to give the soldiers a Christian funeral service and battlefield honors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese men and boys, but they were boys only in age, were and are soldiers,\u201d said historian Rick Wise, referencing five of the recovered soldiers who were teenagers, including one as young as 15. \u201cThese 13 soldiers are not statistics,\u201d Wise continued. \u201cThey lie before us not as an excerpt of history, but they are tangible and real. They represent the other 400 plus soldiers spread across this hallowed ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>A Ceremony of Respect and Honor<\/h3>\n<p>The funeral service was conducted very similar to a service from the time of the battle. As the bodies of the soldiers were moved from the carriages to in front of the church, the tunes to famous hymns like \u201cAmazing Grace,\u201d \u201cThe Old Rugged Cross,\u201d and \u201cBe Thou My Vision\u201d played as the clergy read Bible passages about Jesus being the resurrection and the life.<\/p>\n<p>During the funeral, the patriot soldiers were once again reunited with de Kalb, whose grave is located in front of the historic church. His grave marker describes the Prussian as, \u201ccovered in wounds while gallantly performing deeds of valor in rallying the friends and opposing the enemies of his adopted country.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity<\/h3>\n<p>Dan Goforth, whose ancestor fought for the patriots at the battle of King\u2019s Mountain, told The Daily Wire he was there with his son to observe the ceremonies, something he called a \u201conce-in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/omar-tells-schumer-white-house-to-ignore-senate-parliamentarian-ruling-on-immigration-in-infrastructure-bill\/\" title=\"Omar Tells Schumer, White House To \u2018Ignore\u2019 Senate Parliamentarian Ruling On Immigration In Infrastructure Bill\">-a-lifetime opportunity<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>A Solemn and Emotional Scene<\/h3>\n<p>Even though the names of the fallen remain unknown, the scene at both ceremonies was solemn and emotional. \u201cWhen these coffins were coming in for a minute there, I didn\u2019t know whether to cry or pray,\u201d McMaster said, summing up many people\u2019s emotions as the coffins were laid to rest just feet from where many of the remains had been discovered.<\/p>\n<h3>Remembering the Virtually Insurmountable Challenges and Burdens<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe more I learn about our nation\u2019s history, the more proud I am of South Carolina\u2019s dramatic role in it. These ceremonies remind and instruct us of the virtually insurmountable challenges and burdens our people faced and overcame in securing their liberty and ours,\u201d McMaster added.<\/p>\n<h3>A Proper Burial for Heroes<\/h3>\n<p>While most of the fallen at Camden never received a proper burial or recognition for the price they paid for America\u2019s independence, 12 young soldiers finally received the honor they deserved as hundreds turned up to say thank you one week in Camden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAMDEN, S.C. \u2014 On April 22nd, in the middle of a longleaf pine tree forest just north of Camden, South Carolina, Apache helicopters thundered over a large crowd gathered in front of 13 wooden coffins. It was a grand gesture to honor the lives of a handful of revolutionary-era soldiers whose remains were recently discovered.\u00a0242<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1925548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[25990,6731,3878,14801,25991,5321,8747,14179,5563,13037,4187],"class_list":["post-1925547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-25990","tag-battle","tag-boys","tag-burial","tag-camden","tag-finally","tag-patriot","tag-proper","tag-receive","tag-revolutionary","tag-soldiers"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1925547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1925548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1925547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1925547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1925547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}