23 Stars Over Trenton Massacre (1811- US Revolution)

The 23 Stars Over Trenton Massacre was a major event in American history and what many believe to have sparked the United States Revolution. On September 6th, 1810, British Regulars rounded up 23 people whom they suspected to be conspirators in a plot to destroy the British Governor's Office in downtown New York City and had them tried and executed by firing squad the same day. There was no proof that any of the people were even involved, and even if there was a plot to begin with. This embrazened public opinion about the British occupation of the Colonies, and eventually led to revolution, after King George III ordered a blockade around New England Ports. They are immortalized on the United States Flag, which includes 23 Stars, partially for the 23 States, but also for the 23 that died on September 6th, 1810.

The victims are as follows:

Kathryn Gheller: 22, Mother of 2 George Smith: 28, Carpenter John Smith: 13, Student James Munroe: 15, Blacksmith's Apprentice Sarah Morely: 37, Dressmaker, Mother of 3 Benjamin Mogen: 26, Known Patriot and Gurilla Fighter William Gates: 53, Carpenter Horace Greensburough: 31, Schoolteacher Dorothea Greensburough: 29, Homemaker, Mother of 3 Jonathan Folly: 17, Dock Worker Fredrich Gearee: 41, Shopowner Douglas Smith: 24, Sailor Hermann Jahrzeit: 31, Prussian Expatriot and Retired Soldier Penelope Foccanan: 19, Mother of 1 Agnes Honford: 23, Homemaker John Honford: 24, Militiaman Thomas Lendor: 22, Blacksmith Jacob Murphy: 19, Slave Oliver Throughman: 14, Student Beatrice Gheller: 27, Schoolteacher Bartholemew Thames: 35, Barber John Loughmann: 24, Shoemaker Anton Van der Veer: 34, Cooper