new york city and manhattan, and fort washington. she was ultimately known as one of the molly pitchers. in the early 20th century, the new york state d.a.r. wanted to verify her service. member, youd.a.r. have to tracer lineage to someone who supported the american revolution. knowescendents wanted to if her service did happen, and it was verified. she was buried in new york. margaret sustained injuries during the american revolution. it was described in later accounts about this. identifying injuries to her that should show up in her skeleton. the 1920's, they exhumed her remains and did this examination and did find it was consistent with these injuries. her body was taken to west point, and is now interred in the cemetery there with a much larger memorial than she had previously. in the course of this process, these nails were collected from her old coffin and saved in a little cardboard box with a type written label on the top, telling us that is where these were from. story, long and complex but it shows the connection between the d.a.r. and their efforts to identify people who were involved in the revolution that may not have the t