Delaware County Patriots: Alexander McCallister

Read time: 6 min.

There’s something cruel and ironic about the way history leaves breadcrumbs. In the case of Revolutionary War Patriot Alexander McCallister, we can point to a yellowed receipt noting the exact cost of his coffin, but we can’t say with confidence where in Salem Township’s Saunders Cemetery his body rests! Still, half-details like receipts invite us to look closer to imagine the missing piece and honor a Patriot’s life, even when his final resting place remains mostly a mystery. 

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Delaware County Patriots: Alexander Campbell Dale

Read time: 5 min.

For much of its history, Daleville, Indiana, has been the definition of a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it town. That changed when a nearby interstate exit brought in waves of new commercial growth. Today, little survives of what was once “Historic Daleville,” but one exception is a small, fenced-off plot tucked between a pair of backyards- a hidden reminder of the community’s roots. There lies Alexander Campbell Dale, a Revolutionary War Patriot and the man whose name the town still carries.

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