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WIDOW'S WEEDS
Written by Dyan Wapnick
Directed & Dramatugery by Robert Lyons
Presented by
The Little Nine Partners Historical Society of Pine Plains, NY
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
​​The true story of Mary Ingalls, age 84, who fought for her husband's pension under the Pension Act of 1836 (which extended pension benefits to Revolutionary War widows for the first time), relying on her memory and oral testimonies to support her application.
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