Delaware Patriot Caesar Rodney dies - Jun 26, 1784 - HISTORY.com
On this day in 1784, Delaware Patriot Caesar Rodney dies. Rodney is best remembered for his overnight ride from Dover, Delaware, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to cast the deciding vote for the Declaration of Independence in the Continental Congress on July 2, 1776. The image of Rodney on horseback riding for ...
Caesar Rodney - USHistory.org
These daring, somewhat helter-skelter Delaware militia, were under the command of Brigadier-General Caesar Rodney. Rodney was a signer of the Declaration of Independence who would go on to be President of Delaware from December, 1777, to November, 1781. Like Paul Revere, Caesar Rodney is famous for a ...
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