Jane Green is a retired member of the Senior Intelligence Service at the Central Intelligence Agency whose career focused on military and security issues. US Government officials, including the president, received and acted upon her work. Her hometown is Terre Haute, Indiana. She earned a B. A. in political science at Indiana University and a master’s degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. She now resides in Annapolis, Maryland, where genealogical research combined with learning about the town’s role in the creation of the United States reinspired her interest in US history. The online magazine Annapolis Discovered has published her articles on aspects of Maryland's colonial heritage.
The status of Thomas Ditson, Jr., as a minor hero of the American Revolution has more to do with the perception that he was an average, unpretentious farmer caught in the wrong place at the wrong time than with specific displays of courage. A deeper look at his activities reveals years of service first as […]
