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American Indians of Massachusetts in the Revolution

June 8, 2013
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At the outbreak of the Revolution, there were approximately 1,700 Indians living in Massachusetts. While most Indians resided in the counties on or around Cape Cod, over 200 lived near Stockbridge in western Massachusetts. The Bay State had been seeking Indian support for the American cause even before the Lexington uprising.

The Indian company, which had been formed under the commands of Colonel Paterson, Captain Goodridge and an Indian 2nd Lieutenant, Jehoiakim Mtohksin, marched to the army’s headquarters at Cambridge after learning of the Alarm at Lexington. Their arrival was reported back to England by the British Commander-in-Chief, General Thomas Gage.

Campaign for Historic Photos of the Revolutionary War Generation

May 26, 2013
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Maureen Taylor and Verissima Productions Launch Fundraising Campaign for Historical Documentary Featuring Historic Photos of the Revolutionary War Generation A Kickstarter campaign to raise monies for production of a ground-breaking historical documentary that will bring the Revolutionary War generation to…

Proclamation for Memorial Day

May 22, 2013
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Proclamation for Memorial Day By Stephen A. Leishman President General (2012-2013) May 27, 2013 Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day began as a way to honor those lost while fighting in the Civil War. As that terrible war continued,…

The Intolerable Acts – On the Road to Revolution

May 15, 2013
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The British government spent immense sums of money on troops and equipment in an attempt to subjugate Massachusetts. British merchants had lost huge sums of money on looted, spoiled, and destroyed goods shipped to the colonies. After the French and Indian War the British Government decided to reap greater benefits from the colonies. The colonies were pressed with greater taxes without any representation in Britain. This eventually lead to the Boston Tea Party. In retaliation the British passed several punative acts aimed at bringing the colonies back into submission of the King.

Commander’s Dispatch

May 3, 2013
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As we roll out the seventh SAR Color Guardsman, I hope each of you is doing well. Thank you to all who contributed articles and pictures to make this communication piece a success. Please continue to submit information that you…

Conference on the American Revolution

April 22, 2013
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The SAR is pleased to announce the 2013 SAR Annual Conference on the American Revolution, Revolutionary Prophecies: The Founders on the Future. The 2013 SAR Annual Conference will convene in St. Louis, Missouri on June 21-23, 2013. The founding generation…

National Memorial Day Parade, Washington, DC

April 18, 2013
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National Memorial Day Parade, Washington, DC The National Memorial Day Parade will take place Monday, May 27, 2013, at 2 p.m., in Washington, D.C., and the SAR has once again been accepted as a participant in this important, televised event.…

A Letter from Col. Paul Revere to the Corresponding Secretary Jeremy Belknap on the Battle of Lexington

April 18, 2013
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I observed a Wood at a Small distance, & made for that. When I got there, out Started Six officers, on Horse back, and orderd me to dismount;-one of them, who appeared to have the command, examined me, where I came from, & what my Name Was? I told him. ~~it was Revere, he as- ked if it was Paul? I told him yes~~ He asked me if I was an express? I answered in the afirmative. He demanded what time I left Boston? I told him; and aded, that their troops had catched aground in passing the River, and that There would be five hundred Americans there in a short time, for I had alarmed the Country all the way up. He imediately rode towards those who stoppd us, when all five of them came down upon a full gallop; one of them, whom I afterwards found to be Major Mitchel, of the 5th Regiment, Clapped his pistol to my head, called me by name, & told me he was going to ask me some questions, & if I did not give him true answers, he would blow my brains out. He then asked me similar questions to those above.

Famous Compatriots

April 17, 2013
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Famous Compatriots Throughout its 120-year history, SAR has admitted more than 170,000 members. Among them are 16 Presidents of the United States, including Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, Calvin Coolidge, Warren Harding, Herbert Hoover,…

Our Founding Fathers and the Second Amendment

March 29, 2013
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Militias. Distrust of government. Abuse of power. The right to bear arms. Not a day passed without a passionate article or an editorial on the role of guns in American life. The year was 1775. More than 200 years later, the seminal debate undertaken as John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison formulated the laws of the land still echoes. Is the Michigan Militia an aberration or the Constitution in action? Is Gordon Liddy a dangerous demagogue or a devoted patriot? What exactly did the founding fathers mean when they penned the Second Amendment? No sampler can do justice to the debate, but the following excerpts shed light on the perceived relation between arms and liberty.