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Oil painting that shows British troops in red coats marching along a dirt road in the foreground. They walk along a fence made of large stones and approach a wooden gate that has been barracaded by piles of wood with a militia man dressed in a blue coat behind the gate. In the background is the Jason Russell House which is a three story brown house surrounded by British troops in red . In the background are green trees just starting to flower from the beginning of spring.

Ruth Berry, 1975. “Jason Russell House in Battle with British Soldiers.” 1990.19.1. Courtesy of the Arlington Historical Society.