My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth

GREENWOOD, SC -- A while back, I read somewhere about a kid refurbishing a cemetery where a revolutionary war soldier is buried on Sample Road.

We drove past it last night, and I told Mel & the boys that I thought the soldier was a body guard of George Washington. They sort of found it unbelievable, so I Googled it when I got home, but couldn't find anything about it.

Today, the boys and I visited the cemetery, and, sure enough, we found Captain John Montague's grave.



I brushed the mud away from the tombstone, and found the following:

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