Actor Kurt Russell visits MA home of ancestor who played a pivotal role in the American Revolution

Movie actor Kurt Russell and his son Boston are in Massachusetts for July th after learning a man in their family from eight generations ago had a pivotal role in the American Revolution There s a whole part of our past that we didn t have any connection to that we ll take with us into the future revealed Kurt That guy my eighth his ninth grandfather and I think he was a bad a dude and I m digging it Historians say that man Jason Russell was shot and stabbed multiple times protecting his Arlington home from the British during the bloodiest day of the war As he laid there dying saying you re not coming in my home I m the king of the castle I m the captain now Kurt mentioned The men detected out about their connection when Boston and his brother went on Ancestry com I think ancestry is extremely critical in terms of knowing who you are and where you come from I think its something everyone would be paying attention to explained Boston Holding a copy of their family tree the Russell s are spending America s birthday touring their ancestor s Arlington home There are still bullet holes in the walls from This has been fun for us explained Kurt The home is a historic site that is open to the population to tour I sense more life in this house You know kids laughter disclosed Kurt There s something so hauntingly familiar about this place when I walked it its right away recognizable as a home You re in somebody s home declared Boston While here the father and son are going to take in the Boston Pops July Fourth Fireworks Spectacular A day so dramatic so emotional and so personal When urged if it sounds like a movie to him Kurt responded Well everything does to me