The Bell in Hand, between Union and Marshall streets, still uses its original bar, says its manager. (SUZANNE KREITER/GLOBE STAFF) By Brian MacQuarrie Globe Staff Boston Globe December 30, 2017 Boston, Ma., 12/29/17, The Bell in Hand. Three pubs lay…
By Taryn P. Murphy Winner, Joseph S. Rumbaugh Orations Contest 2017 SAR Magazine Summer 2017 Vol. 112 No. 1 Three loud bangs reverberate on the door. A group of men shatter the lock, bursting in without hesitation. Over the course…
By Compatriot W.H. Cox II SAR Magazine Summer 2017 Vol. 112 No. 1 Four days before the Battle of Princeton, the Continental Army almost ceased to exist. Gen. George Washington began the summer of 1776 with 24,000 soldiers, preparing to…
By Dr. David E. Schrader SAR Magazine Summer 2017 Vol. 112. No. 1 On March 18, 1766 the hated Stamp Act was repealed. Also on March 18, 1766 the Declaratory Act (the American Colonies Act 1766) was enacted. The longtitle…
More than 600 people attended the Youth Awards Luncheon on Monday. Among the major award winners were, from left, Outstanding JROTC Cadet Award winner Conner Goodrich of Edmond, Oklahoma; Erin Moore of the Children of the American Revolution; Eagle Scout…
By Charles R. Lampman SAR Magazine Summer 2017 Vol. 112 No. 1 Background The First Continental Congress (September–October 1774) was a meeting of representatives from the Colonies to discuss how they were going to handle the Cohesive Acts. At adjournment,…
An Exploration of Four Generations Attendees at the 2017 SAR Annual Conference listen as David Waldstreicher and Richard Samuelson discuss John Quincy Adams and Charles Francis Adams after they presented their papers in the Carriage House on the grounds of…
Episode 201 – SAR President General Talks Revolution / Breakthrough! Name Change? No Birth Town? No Problem! By Ryan Bennett Extreme Genes 30 July 2017 Host: Scott Fisher with guest David Allen Lambert Host Scott Fisher opens the show with…
Fox Boston 25 News Jul 29, 2017 - 10:48 DANVERS, Mass. - Nearly 200 years after he died, a veteran of the Revolutionary War finally received his military honors. His final resting place was rededicated Saturday. The discovery of this…
By David Allen Lambert The Past Finder July 24, 2017 Being a genealogist I started looking at joining various hereditary societies over the years. I am honored to be a life member of the New Hampshire Society of the Cincinnati;…
