Talk:John Stark

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I don't really mean to rain on the parade with the gauntlet thing, and I know its not proper wikipedia style, but that story sounds very much like Stark thought he was being heroic and received a special reward when he was really getting the same treatment as anyone else would. I hope you don't just delete it outright, and I hope you edit it properly to cite James Axtell, The Invasion Within. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.223.170.218 (talk) 03:34, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Washington may have arrived two weeks after Bunker Hill in July of 1775 but his emplacement of the cannon on Dorchester Heights,(brought from Ticonderoga in the snow), was not accomplished until the following winter. This manoeuvre in late winter or early spring of 1875-76 was the reason for the British evacuation of Boston in March of 1776; however they did not go south but north to Nova Scotia. I don't think any of the Ticonderoga cannon were moved to Bunker Hill, but I'm not sure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.160.0.238 (talk) 02:35, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article references him having native foster parents, but doesn't explain it. I don't know anything about it, so someone who knows more should add it in. XAlpha (talk) 18:21, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article has two versions of this famous quote:

"We'll beat them before night or Molly Stark's a widow."

and

Another version has Stark rallyng his troops with the cry, "There are your enemies, the Red Coats and the Tories. They are ours, or this night Molly Stark sleeps a widow!"

I found a two other versions online:

"My men, yonder are the Hessians. They were bought for seven pounds and ten pence a man. Are you worth more? Prove it. Tonight, the American flag floats from yonder hill or Molly Stark sleeps a widow." http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1302.html

"There they are boys! We beat them today or Molly Stark be a widow tonight.

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1Z3Y_General_John_Stark_Statue

I recall seeing the quote at a John Stark statue at the city hall in Manchester NH and I think it was different from the four above. I'm going to contact a friend up there and see if they can get me the quote.

Perhaps this was something he said often and tweaked it to fit the situation? Or did it get twisted and changed over the years? Does anybody know? Mattsky (talk) 00:52, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

On one side of the statue reads "Tonight our flag floats over yonder hill or Molly Stark sleeps a widow". ---- [email protected] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:18d:8900:d1b5:45bc:bb91:1578:1306 (talk) 04:20, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Stark and his men are memorialized in the period folk song "Riflemen of Bennington". - knoodelhed (talk) 21:37, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That webcomic link tries to load malware onto the user's machine. I'm taking it out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IonFreeman (talk • contribs) 13:45, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]