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The Revolutionary War ended long before photography was a refined process, but the gap between the two historic events was still enough to allow some of America’s true patriots—literally American patriot troops—to sit for a photo. Also Read: DNA science and public databases offer a new way to identify soldiers’ remainsAmerica became and independent nation in 1783 when the U.S. and Britain signed the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War. The history of photography began much later, and the earliest surviving photo dates back to 1826. a 43-year difference. Still, there were veterans of the war who both survived the war and lived long enough after to sit for a photo.Since the average life span of a man at that time was around 40 years, it’s safe to say these Revolutionary War veterans are lucky to have lived that long, but they had to wait even longer. The Reverend Elias Brewster Hillard tracked down the six men and with the help of photographers Nelson and Roswell Moore photographed the last six surviving Revolutionary War veterans… 83 years after the Treaty of Paris.Hillard traveled to the homes of these remaining centenarians, conducting interviews and preserving their stories in his 1864 book, “The Last Men of the Revolution.” 1. Samuel Downing Samuel Downing, from “The Last Men of the Revolution.” (Library of Congress) Samuel Downing was born on Nov. 30, 1761 and died on Feb. 18 1867, aged 105, but was 102 when Hillard interviewed him. He enlisted in New Hampshire and served under Gen. Benedict Arnold at the Battle of Saratoga, saying Arnold was a fighting general, one who treated his soldiers well, and as brave a man as ever lived. He lamented the fact that generals in the Civil War weren’t as gentlemanly as they were in his time. 2. Rev. Daniel Waldo Rev. Daniel Waldo, from “The Last Men of the Revolution.” (Library of Congress) Daniel Waldo was a clergyman who served in the American Revolutionary War and later became Chaplain of the House of Representatives. He was a Connecticut colonist drafted at age 16 in 1778 and captured by the English in 1779. Confined in a New York prison, he was later released in exchange for captured British soldiers. He also lived to be more than 100 years old. 3. Lemuel Cook Lemuel Cook, from “The Last Men of the Revolution.” (Library of Congress) Lemuel Cook was born on Sept. 10, 1759. At 105, Cook would be the oldest surviving Revolutionary War veteran photographed. He joined the Continental Army only by convincing the recruiter he would serve for the duration of the war. He was also the last veteran of the war.He was in the Army at Brandywine and at Yorktown, under the command of Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and le Compte de Rochambeau. 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The British released him because of his young age. He died in 1866, at the home he lived in for almost 100 years. 6. Adam Link Adam Link, from “The Last Men of the Revolution.” (Library of Congress) Adam Link joined the Army in 1777 and served for five years on the frontier in Virginia. He was from Hagerstown, Maryland and enlisted in the Pennsylvania militia on three separate occasions. At 16, he was part of a unit whose job was to defend the Western Frontier–back when that frontier was still in Pennsylvania. The hard drinking, hard working farmer lived to the ripe old age of 104, dying shortly after his photo with Hillard. 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Floyd Johnson served in the U.S. Army from 1983 to 1985 and was honorably discharged after a training exercise in Germany turned deadly. Decades later, while incarcerated in Florida, he was diagnosed with PTSD. The VA rates disabilities on a scale from 0% to 100%, measuring how severely a condition impairs a veteran’s ability to function in daily life. The VA assessed Johnson’s PTSD at 80%. But because he was incarcerated for a felony conviction, a federal statute capped his benefits at the equivalent of a 10% rating. In Johnson’s view, there is no justification for treating a veteran with severe PTSD as if his disability were minor simply because he’s in prison—and he brought that argument to federal district court, alleging the statute violates the Constitution’s equal protection guarantee. A federal court dismissed his case on a question that has divided courts across the country: Does a veteran have the right to bring that kind of challenge in federal district court at all? On June 8, Pacific Legal Foundation filed an amicus brief at the Supreme Court arguing that the answer is yes. A question the Supreme Court must answer Under a 1988 law called the Veterans’ Judicial Review Act, there is a specific channel for contesting individual VA benefit decisions—from a regional office, to the Board of Veterans’ Appeals, to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and finally to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The question is whether that system is the only avenue available, and whether veterans must exhaust the entire administrative process before any court will hear a constitutional challenge to a benefits statute. The Eleventh Circuit said yes—but it is in the minority. Six other federal appeals courts have held that district courts retain that jurisdiction, with only the Eighth Circuit siding with the Eleventh. The Supreme Court agreed to take the case, acknowledging that the split needed to be resolved. PLF’s argument The argument builds on Axon Enterprise v. FTC, a 2023 Supreme Court decision holding that when someone challenges an agency’s fundamental authority, that claim belongs in federal district court—not in the agency’s own review process. PLF argues the same logic applies here. A veteran challenging the constitutionality of a law—not appealing a benefits determination—is raising exactly the kind of claim that courts should be able to hear immediately. Treating a constitutional challenge as just another benefits appeal forces veterans to seek relief from the system they are challenging—and by the time any court can act, the harm is already done. PLF’s brief puts the stakes plainly: “The separation of powers is not a mere structural nicety—it is the constitutional mechanism that preserves individual liberty against government overreach.” When constitutional challenges are routed through the agencies whose authority is contested, that mechanism loses its power—and ordinary people are the ones who end up hurt. “By the time agency proceedings conclude, the constitutional violation has already done its damage, and no appellate court can restore the rights the party lost.” The Court’s answer will determine whether the Constitution’s guarantees mean something before an agency proceeding concludes, or only after. The case, Johnson v. United States Congress, is expected to be argued in the Supreme Court’s next term. The post For veteran Floyd Johnson, justice delayed is justice denied appeared first on Pacific Legal Foundation.