In today’s world, where a man can throw on a wig and demand to be called a woman, it’s easy to forget what real courage looks like. But Revolutionary War history has a way of reminding us.
Today, we’ve got grown men putting on lipstick and demanding to be treated like women just to win medals in women’s sports or use the ladies’ rest room.
That’s not courage. That’s cosplay.
So instead, let’s talk about Deborah Sampson and Mercy Otis Warren – two women from America’s early days who showed true grit, not just dress-up drama.
These weren’t confused men playing make-believe. These were real women stepping up when their country needed them most.
Take Deborah Sampson.
She didn’t demand people call her a man or change her pronouns. She disguised herself as a man for one reason: to serve her country in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Why? Because the army didn’t allow women, and she believed in the cause of liberty so much she risked everything.
She bound her chest, changed her name to Robert Shurtliff, and signed up with the 4th Massachusetts Regiment.
She marched, fought, and bled right alongside the men. She even dug a musket ball out of her own thigh to keep her secret. That’s commitment. That’s sacrifice.
Deborah didn’t fight to become a man. She fought for America.
When her identity was discovered, she didn’t demand a new title or special treatment. She just wanted what she earned: recognition and a pension.
With help from folks like Paul Revere, she finally got it.
Then there’s Mercy Otis Warren.
She used her brain, her pen, and her fire for freedom to take on British tyranny – and she did it all as a woman.
Writing under pseudonyms to navigate societal constraints on women, she published satirical plays that mocked British officials and Loyalists.
Mercy emphasized the moral and domestic stakes of independence, arguing that liberty would protect American families and virtues.
Her writings challenged traditional gender roles indirectly, asserting women’s intellectual capacity to engage in political discourse.
These works, published in newspapers, were powerful propaganda.
Now some folks might say, “But Deborah dressed like a man, doesn’t that make her like today’s transgender folks?”
Not even close.
Deborah didn’t believe she was a man. She used a disguise to get into a fight she believed in, knowing full well the risk.
Trans activists today aren’t asking to fight for their country. They’re demanding to rewrite biology, take over women’s spaces, and cancel anyone who says otherwise.
According to a Gallup poll from June 2023, only 1.6% of U.S. adults identify as transgender. But you wouldn’t know it from the way the media and politicians bend over backwards to please them.
Meanwhile, everyday Americans – especially women and girls – are paying the price. Just look at the chaos in women’s sports and bathrooms.
It’s not “brave” to ignore biology. It’s brave to stand up for truth – like Sampson and Warren did.
They didn’t fake anything. They were all in.
They didn’t try to erase womanhood. They redefined what women could do. Not by demanding others pretend, but by proving they could rise to the challenge.
Mercy didn’t need a man’s name or a man’s body to make her mark. Deborah didn’t ask for applause or a safe space. They served, they spoke, and they sacrificed.
So when you hear the media trying to lump in drag queens and trans activists with historical heroes, don’t buy it.
That’s like comparing a TikTok influencer to George Washington. It’s not the same league. Heck, it’s not even the same planet.
Real courage is doing what’s right, not what’s trendy. Real women don’t need to pretend. They prove.
And maybe it’s time we start honoring that again.
So while the following is certainly not in the same class as “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere,” here’s a 2025 Independence Day tribute to Deborah and Mercy…
On fields where muskets cracked and roared,
A woman fought, then grabbed a sword.
Deborah Sampson, brave and bold,
In soldier’s boots, her story told.
She didn’t march for pride parades,
She fought in bloody cannonades.
No hashtags, likes, or viral cheer
Just grit and guts, year after year.
And Mercy, with her mighty pen,
Out-argued kings and foolish men.
No filters, fluff, or fancy flair
She dropped her truth like cannon air.
This Fourth, while flags are waving high,
Let’s raise a glass and tell the why:
They dared, they wrote, they fought, they bled
Real women, not confused in the head.
Happy Independence Day, America!
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