From the June 12, 2021, WTRF "Wellsburg throws 250th birthday for historical figure Patrick Gass" by Aliah Keller.
It was the 250th birthday of Patrick Gass as well as the dedication of his military stone.
Gass, who once lived in Wellsburg, West Virginia, for over fifty years, was a sergeant in the Lewis & Clark Expedition and published the first account of it in the early 1800s. He is also a veteran of the War of 1812 and fought at the Battle of Lundy's Lane and Fort Erie.
The celebration on Saturday started off with a march and then a musket salute by the Tri-State Marine Corps. re-enactors were there as were Gass' great-great grandchildren and their children.
--Brock-Gass
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