Samuel Taft was born September 23, 1735 at Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and died in 1816 at Uxbridge Worcester County, Massachusetts, in his 80th year. He was a Revolutionary War soldier who later hosted his former commander in Chief, President George Washington, on his innuagural tour of New England.
Read more about Samuel Taft: Early Life, Service in Revolutionary War, A Famous Visitor, Samuel Taft House, A Famous Family, Death
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“What sort of men are these? How do they do it? How can they do it?”
—Samuel Fuller, U.S. screenwriter, and Milton Sperling. Samuel Fuller. Doc (Andrew Duggan)
“That we can come here today and in the presence of thousands and tens of thousands of the survivors of the gallant army of Northern Virginia and their descendants, establish such an enduring monument by their hospitable welcome and acclaim, is conclusive proof of the uniting of the sections, and a universal confession that all that was done was well done, that the battle had to be fought, that the sections had to be tried, but that in the end, the result has inured to the common benefit of all.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)