James Frye

[2] Frye was a veteran of the French and Indian Wars, serving as a Lieutenant with George Washington at the capture of Louisburg in 1745.

Frye was promoted to Captain with the 4th Essex County Militia Regiment in 1754 and later served on the Crown Point Expedition as a Lieutenant Colonel.

[5] During the battle of Bunker Hill, the Colonial troops were running dangerously low on gun powder and musket balls.

Colonel Frye got off the horse and taunted the British for their aim, yelling "The regulars fire damned careless!

As a result of Poor's actions that day at Bunker Hill, Regimental commanders petitioned the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony to formally recognize him.

WHILE IN THE CONTINENTAL SERVICE SUPPORTING THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"[9] At the Bunker Hill Monument there are several memorial plaques dedicated to the men who died that day.

The Society of the Cincinnati is the nation’s oldest patriotic organization, founded in 1783 by officers of the Continental Army who served together in the American Revolution.

Now a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the principles and ideals of its founders, the modern Society maintains its headquarters, library, and museum at Anderson House in Washington, D.C.[10]