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This 250-year-old "John Doe" was just identified using DNA, naming a Revolutionary War soldier after 250 years

If you walk the battlefields or study American history, the past can seem like black-and-white photos, textbook maps and dates. It is easy to forget that every major event in history involved real people with families, personal stories and daily routines. The bodies of numerous soldiers who fought for independence lay buried there for more than two centuries, largely forgotten.

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