Time to be detectives. Molly Pitcher’s story mixes three kinds of truth — what the records prove, what tradition hands down, and what legend adds for love — and a good historian learns to sort them.

In this hands-on lesson, readers sort the famous claims themselves: Mary’s service and pension (the record), the pitcher at Monmouth (tradition rooted in the real work of camp followers), and the cannon and the meeting with Washington (beloved legend). Sorting story from record is not tearing a hero down — it is how we honor her honestly.

Lesson 1V of the Molly Pitcher Life Story series from Capite Universe — history brought to life for kids ages 6–14, and for families and classrooms who love learning through story.