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(59,834 posts) Mon Jun 3, 2024, 10:20 AM Jun 2024

On this day, June 3, 1781, Jack Jouett rode 40 miles to warn Thomas Jefferson of a plan to capture him.

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• 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Jack Jouett (pictured) rode 40 miles (64 km) to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of British cavalry who had been sent to capture them.


Silhouette of Jack Jouett
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