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July 25, 2012

Born and raised in Boston, he owned and operated a bookstore there, cultivating an interest in military history and joining a local artillery company. On March 5, 1770 Knox was a witness to the Boston Massacre, and according to eyewitness accounts, he attempted to defuse the situation by trying to convince the British soldiers [...]

May 27, 2012

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May 28, 2012

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The Battle of Noddle’s Island (also known as the Battle of Chelsea Creek) was the second military engagement of the American Revolution. It was fought on Chelsea Creek and on salt marshes, mudflats, and islands of Boston Harbor. Known more as a skirmish rather than a major battle, it was fought primarily over [...]

April 18, 2012

On this date in 1775, Joseph Warren told Revere and William Dawes that the king’s troops were about to embark in longboats from Boston Common bound for Cambridge and then by road to Lexington and Concord. Warren’s intelligence suggested that the regulars’ objective later that night would be to seize arms and ammunitions and [...]

April 19, 2012

On the night of April 18, 1775, General Gage sent 700 men to seize munitions stored by the colonial militia at Concord, Massachusetts. Riders including Paul Revere alerted the countryside, and when British troops entered Lexington on the morning of April 19, they found 77 minutemen formed up on the village green. Shots were exchanged, [...]

March 17, 2012

March 17th is celebrated in Boston for more than just St. Patrick’s Day. The holiday commemorates the evacuation of British forces from the city of Boston following the Siege of Boston.

The 11-month siege ended when the Continental Army, under the command of George Washington, fortified Dorchester Heights in early March 1776 with [...]

April 14, 2012

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April 16, 2012

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Battle Road weekend is April 14-16, 2012. Several events will take place including reenactments of the famous battles, musket demonstrations, artillery demonstration, crafts, games, and more. This event offers you a chance to get up close and talk with re-enactors about 18th century life.

www.battleroad.org

June 28, 2012

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July 6, 2012

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Boston Harborfest 2012 is a Fourth of July Festival that showcases the colonial and maritime heritage of the cradle of the American Revolution: the historic City of Boston. The award-winning festival strives to honor and remember the past, celebrate the present, and educated the future with reenactments, concerts, historical tours and much, much more. [...]

May 9, 2012

This political cartoon (attributed to Benjamin Franklin) originally appeared during the French and Indian War, but was recycled to encourage the American colonies to unite against British rule. From The Pennsylvania gazette, May 9, 1754.

October 30, 2012

John Adams, prominent lawyer, ardent patriot and champion for independence and second president of the United States and was born on October 30, 1735. Adams represented Capt. Thomas Preston and the other British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre, drafted the Massachusetts Constitution, and was instrumental in persuading the Continental Congress to declare independence [...]

June 11, 2012

Dr. Joseph Warren was an American doctor, personal physician to John Adams, and played a leading role in the Sons of Liberty. Warren enlisted the help of Paul Revere and William Dawes on April 18, 1775 to spread the alarm that the British garrison in Boston was setting out to raid Concord and arrest [...]