Reporting the Revolutionary War: Before It Was History, It Was News Reporting the Revolutionary War: Before It Was History, It Was News by Todd Andrlik Reviewed by National Public Radio For the colonists of the new world, the years of…
A Visit With Compatriot Congressman Howard Coble Of North Carolina by Timothy R Bennett, Chairman Congressional and Governmental Relations Committee This is the second in a series of interviews with members of the US Congress who are members of the…
SAR Celebrates the 225th Anniversary of the U.S. Constitution By Historian General Robert L. “Bob” Bowen, photos by the author, Lanny Patten and Joan Hall The weather could not have been more accommodating when more than 190 Compatriots and camp…
The story of the letter's five day journey as it was carried by post rider three hundred and fifty miles through Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey to Philadelphia, and the excitement and reaction to its news, is unique in our nation's history. Although the letter originated in Watertown, Massachusetts, at the eastern end of the Boston-Worcester road, its story begins in Boston about six miles to the southeast.
A meeting of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress was scheduled for April 19th in Concord. Dr. Joseph Warren, in Boston, a zealous champion of American liberty, learned of a British march into the countryside in an effort to disrupt the meeting and to capture the leaders. Warren dispatched William Dawes and Paul Revere by separate routes to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams in Lexington. While Dawes road toward Lexington, Revere implemented a prearranged plan to alert a series of alarm riders and had two signal lanterns placed in the North Church belfry before setting out for Lexington. Both men reached Lexington
After Long Omission, National Parks To Honor Minorities In Revolution Information About Blacks, Others Will Be Included In National Park Exhibits By Michael Kilian Chicago Tribune Staff Writer BALTIMORE — The National Park Service has launched a pioneering initiative to…
New Patriot Search Database Now Available Online By Michael L. Keen (DESSAR), Chairman, and Del B. White (KYSSAR), Vice Chairman On January 4, the Patriot Index & Revolutionary War Graves Register Committee published a new version of their online repository…
The "Flames of Sedition" had already spread throughout the countryside where 95% of Massachusetts residents lived after a series of episodes, including the Tea Party and Stamp Act had led to tension and rage. The port of Boston was still controlled by the Crown's military forces and many of the educated elite had assembled in Philadelphia to decide whether they should wrest control away from the Crown. But at meeting houses and taverns across the Bay Colony, the farmers and shopkeepers were preparing and reacting in a determined rage to the loss of representation and oversight they once had to assure fairness in the Courts.
Most farmers and craftsmen were concerned with local issues - the struggle of daily life trying to grow crops on rocky soils or tend to church or local Town Meeting duties. Yet the contrasts of wealth between the educated elite and yeoman farmers was growing significantly while the rise of the "strolling poor" and landless was starting to increase as generations split up original land holdings again and again. Debts for farmers were growing steadily and historians have found that up to 22% of the farmers were facing litigation for unpaid debt. Courts had tremendous power to seize a farmer's property, so this was a growing concern in the years leading up to the Revolution.
Massachusetts' Society wins National Website Award PHOENIX, ARIZONA – July 12th, 2012 – The Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution earned the Outstanding Website Web Award at the 122nd National Congress for the best example of a…
Samuel Adams: Firebrand Who Sparked the American Revolution Samuel Adams: Firebrand Who Sparked the American Revolution By Phillip Cozzi, National Winner for 2012 Joseph S. Rumbaugh Historical Oration Contest Cobalt blue and red-orange flames lapped the timbers of an office…
