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Title: THE STORY OF PHILIP LONG


1
THE STORY OF PHILIP LONG
  • By Corey and Sarah

2
Revolutionary War Hero
  • Philip Long was in Philadelphia when the
    Revolutionary War started.
  • He was 18 years old.
  • Philadelphia had many business owners who bought
    from the British. The city was mostly loyal to
    the King of England.
  • Philip Long joined the Red Coats.

3
Joining the Dragoons
  • Philip joined the Dragoons when he served in the
    war.
  • The Dragoons were spies who spied on
  • the Revolutionaries.
  • It was 1781when Phillip joined the Dragoons.
  • Phillip soon became a hero for the Loyalist
  • army.

4
AFTER THE WAR
  • The Loyalists lost the war.
  • After the war he moved to Canada.
  • The British gave him a piece of land as a
  • reward.
  • He married a girl named Julie.
  • He had 13 kids in his family but 5 died.

5
PHILIP WAS A MAIL MAN
  • He was a mail man in Tamiscouata.
  • He traveled by foot, snowshoe, and by horse.
  • His home became a station for travelers
  • and couriers.
  • Later he moved to Clair.

6
Philip Long Died
  • He lived in Clair for the next 5 years.
  • On Christmas Day in 1832, war hero and postman ,
    Philip Long died at home.
  • He was buried in St. Luce Cemetery in
    Frenchville, Maine because that was the closest
    cemetery around.
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