GENERAL WILLIAM SHEPARD: AN AMERICAN PATRIOT

* Commissioned a 2nd Lt. in British Army during French-Indian War by King George II. * Commanded an American regiment in 7 major battles during Revolutionary War. * Crossed the Delaware River with George Washington to attack the Hessians at Trenton. * Acting commander of the brigade at Valley Forge * Commissioner dealing with two Indian Treaties. * Stopped Shays’s attack on Springfield Armory. * Served in fifth, sixth and seventh Congress.