Lynn Free­man, Bill Spencer, Stan Evans, and James Stone, mem­bers of the Sons of the Amer­i­can Rev­o­lu­tion, vis­ited Rhea County High School to present copies of the book Pro­file of a Pa­triot: Colonel Ben­jamin Cleve­land, Hero of Kings Moun­tain to the Li­brary and the JROTC de­part­ment.

Stephen O. Ad­di­son, an his­to­rian from Cleve­land, Ten­nessee, wrote the book about Rev­o­lu­tion­ary War hero Colonel Ben­jamin Cleve­land. Af­ter Addison’s death, his fam­ily do­nated the books to the Sons of the Amer­i­can Rev­o­lu­tion, who agreed to do­nate the books to lo­cal schools and li­braries in Bradley County, Polk County, and Rhea County to pro­mote his­tory ed­u­ca­tion and pa­tri­o­tism. The men are also teach­ing the stu­dents about the dif­fer­ent uni­forms the Revolutionary-​​era sol­diers would wear.

Ben­jamin Cleve­land was a North Car­olina na­tive, who be­came known as the “Ter­ror of the To­ries” for his treat­ment of British sup­port­ers dur­ing the war. He com­manded troops at the Bat­tle of Kings Moun­tain, one of the most im­por­tant bat­tles to take place in the South. The city of Cleve­land, Ten­nessee is named in his honor.