Jonathan Peckham Miller was born in Randolph and educated at Orange County Grammar School close to this spot. During the Greek Revolution for freedom from the Turks in the 1820s, he became known internationally as “the American Daredevil.” He later returned to fight for the freedom of slaves in his own country as a member of the Vermont legislature and a champion of the abolitionist movement. An orphan himself, he adopted a Greek orphan, Lucas, who later became a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.