{"id":13281,"date":"2016-03-30T16:32:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T20:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=13281"},"modified":"2017-02-10T14:18:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T19:18:03","slug":"family-heirlooms-revolutionary-war-artifacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/family-heirlooms-revolutionary-war-artifacts.html","title":{"rendered":"Family Heirlooms: Revolutionary War Artifacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have family heirlooms passed down from colonial times?<br \/>\nThe Roukema family of Richmond, Virginia, does.<br \/>\nThey have the actual wooden canteen that their ancestor Corp. Isaac Schubert carried at the Battle of Lexington, 19 April 1775.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13283\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13283\" style=\"width: 266px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2:135B950C9F3CF0C6@GB3NEWS-14469AF59B77C47E@2442113-144696639CF07FC3@7-14469E5405F23B68\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13283\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/richmond-times-dispatch-newspaper-0306-1974-roukema-family-heirlooms.png\" alt=\"article about the Roukema family's Revolutionary War heirlooms, Richmond Times Dispatch newspaper article 6 March 1974\" width=\"266\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/richmond-times-dispatch-newspaper-0306-1974-roukema-family-heirlooms.png 266w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/richmond-times-dispatch-newspaper-0306-1974-roukema-family-heirlooms-130x300.png 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richmond Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia), 6 March 1974, page 8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Did your ancestor fight at the Battle of Lexington?<br \/>\nDo you have his canteen?<br \/>\nIt might be that his canteen looked a lot like this one.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe a distant cousin \u2013 that you never met \u2013 has the old family Bible, old photographs, or other family heirlooms from centuries ago. Search for all of your family members in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/\">GenealogyBank<\/a> \u2013 you will find the stories of your ancestors, and perhaps some newspaper articles about the heirlooms passed down in the family.<\/p>\n<p>What is the oldest family heirloom that you have? Take a photo of it and send it to us along with its history. Why was it saved? What memories does it have for your family?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Family Heirloom Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/passing-on-family-heirlooms.html\">Passing on Family Heirlooms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/what-do-you-plan-to-do-with-your-old-family-heirlooms.html\">What Do You Plan to Do with Your Old Family Heirlooms?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/quilting-genealogy.html\">Quilting &amp; Genealogy: Treasured Family Heirlooms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/researching-your-family-heirlooms-gaudy-dutch-pottery.html\">Researching Your Family Heirlooms: Gaudy Dutch Pottery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/finding-family-heirlooms-artifacts-with-ebay.html\">Finding Family Heirlooms &amp; Artifacts with eBay<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have family heirlooms passed down from colonial times? 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