Sampson died in 1827 at the age of 66. She's buried at Rock Ridge Cemetery in Sharon. Her headstone reads 'The Female Solider' and it includes both names - Deborah Sampson and her alias, Robert ...

Sampson died in 1827, and today is remembered on May 23, “Deborah Sampson Day.” She is considered the official state heroine of Massachusetts.

"Deborah Sampson was the first woman to take a bullet for our country. She fought to defend a document that didn't fully defend her. All men are created equal it read, it made no mention of women.

Deborah Sampson (1760-1827), who is buried in Sharon, believed so strongly in the patriot cause that she disguised herself as a man and fought in the American Revolution, enlisting the name of her ...