Deborah Sampson is famous because she pretended to be a man so she could go to war. She was born on December 17, 1760 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. She died in 1827. She grew up very poor. Her father abandoned the family and went to sea. Deborah's mother sent her away to work when she was just eight. She went into war on May 20, 1782 when she was only twenty-one. She was in the army for three years and was wounded twice. The first time she was wounded she was in a battle near Tarrytown. That's near our school. The second time she was shot. When she got a serious fever the doctors discovered that she was a female. She was discharged from the army. Deborah went home and then married a farmer named Benjamin Gannett. She gave speeches all over New York and New England about her experiences in the army. She died on April 29, 1827 in Sharon, Massachusetts, she was 66 years old. There is a park named after Deborah in Sharon, Massachusetts.