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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7240 

To designate the Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care 

System of the Department of Veterans Affairs as the ‘‘Margaret Cochran 

Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 10, 2018 

Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. NADLER, Ms. 

VELA ́ZQUEZ, and Mr. ESPAILLAT) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To designate the Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans 

Affairs as the ‘‘Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of 

the New York Harbor Health Care System’’. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF MANHATTAN CAMPUS OF 

4 THE NEW YORK HARBOR HEALTH CARE SYS5 TEM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF6 FAIRS, NEW YORK. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find8 ings: 


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1 (1) Margaret Cochran was born in Franklin 

2 County, Pennsylvania, on November 12, 1751, and 

3 married John Corbin in 1772. 

4 (2) Three years after the marriage, when John 

5 Corbin left to fight in the Revolutionary War as an 

6 artilleryman, Margaret Corbin accompanied him to 

7 war to support the Revolutionary Army. 

8 (3) Margaret Corbin supported the Revolu9 tionary Army by caring for injured and sick soldiers 

10 as well as by cooking and cleaning. During battle, 

11 she also helped her husband load the cannon he was 

12 responsible for manning. 

13 (4) On November 16, 1776, John Corbin was 

14 manning a cannon during the Battle of Fort Wash15 ington on Manhattan Island, New York, when he 

16 was killed. Margaret Corbin heroically took her hus17 band’s place, firing the cannon until she, too, was 

18 hit by enemy fire and seriously wounded. 

19 (5) Having lost the use of her left arm, Mar20 garet Corbin was assigned to the ‘‘Invalid Regi21 ment’’ at West Point, New York. 

22 (6) The Continental Congress awarded Mar23 garet Corbin a lifelong pension for her injuries, mak24 ing her the first woman to receive a pension from 


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1 the United States by virtue of military service for 

2 the United States. 

3 (7) Margaret Corbin died in 1789 in Highland 

4 Falls, New York. She is honored nearby at West 

5 Point as a hero of the Revolutionary War. 

6 (b) DESIGNATION.—The Manhattan Campus of the 

7 New York Harbor Health Case System of the Department 

8 of Veterans Affairs in New York, New York, shall after 

9 the date of the enactment of this Act be known and des10 ignated as the ‘‘Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the 

11 New York Harbor Health Care System’’. 

12 (c) REFERENCE.—Any reference in any law, regula13 tion, map, document, paper, or other record of the United 

14 States to the Campus referred to in subsection (b) shall 

15 be deemed to be a reference to the Margaret Cochran 

16 Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care Sys17 tem. 

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