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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Skelton, post: 6731132, member: 92092&quot;]I joined the Sons of the American Revolution based on my ancestor s service, then learned they accept anyone who has an ancestor who might have done nothing but lent a horse for the cause.&nbsp; Mine actually served for 159 days.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had to buy a replica of a $5 sovereign coin to remember my great grandfather by.&nbsp; He had received the coin as part of his earnings for being a bodyguard for Jefferson Davis, when the war was ending and he was dismissed.&nbsp; Paid directly from the Confederate treasury which was being carried with them while Davis was fleeing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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