Shoemaker and the Revolution

Shoemaker and the Revolution Alfred F. Young shows us a glimpse of the American Revolution through the eyes of George Robert Twelves Hewes, a poor shoemaker of the “Humble Class”. What do we know about Hewes? Why is it that he is honored when the rest of his associates have been forgotten? What compelled Hewes to explore the chaotic world of Politics? And why is he remembered as a hero? Hewes played a vital role …

…spirited, and a warmhearted man. All these traits contribute to the transformation from shoemaker to hero. He stood his ground to British soldiers, supreme officials, and John Malcolm, a “gentleman who was an enemy of the Country”. He showed that a common man can become apart of the making of the Revolution. “He was a nobody who briefly became a somebody in the Revolution and, for a moment the end of his life, a hero”.