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“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!  Then fire low!”  – Israel Putnam

 

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Israel Putnam (b. January 7, 1718, Mass.; d. May 29, 1790, Conn.) was an American army general and Freemason who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolution.

 

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