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…
Extracts from the Diary of Dorothy Dudley From April 18th, 1775, to July l9th, 1776 The Cambridge of 1776 included the “Diary of Dorothy Dudley” and other material was a local publication created to celebrate the Centennial. Everyone involved knew…
The First Ten Years: A Short History Of Mystic Valley Chapter, Sons Of The American Revolution by William Walter Obear Somerville, Massachusetts 1946 This article looks to the history of a former chapter and the spirit of the men who…
Project Aims To Identify Blacks Who Fought In U.S. Revolutionary War By The Associated Press Thousands of Black men fought in George Washington’s army during the Revolutionary War, or American War of Independence, yet their contributions rarely appear in modern…
Mob Attacks on Loyalists in Massachusetts August 1774 - February 1775 "the sufferings of all from mobs, rioters and trespassers" By Peter Oliver, in Origin and Progress of the American Rebellion, 1781 Appendix based on events compiled in The Boston…
Andrew Craigie: Apothecary General of the Continental Army: 1754-1819 First Apothecary General of the Continental Army By Anthony J. Connors Harvard Magazine November-December 2011 After serving as the first Apothecary General of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, Andrew…
Compatriot Senator Scott Brown on Veterans Day November 11, 2011 Veterans Day Senator Scott Brown released the following video message honoring America's heroes, the veterans of the United States military: On Veterans Day we honor the 24 million Americans who,…
Why Is America Exceptional? By Matthew Spalding, Ph.D. ( From The Heritage Foundation) In 1776, when America announced its independence as a nation, it was composed of thirteen colonies surrounded by hostile powers. Today, the United States is a country…
A new species of monster The real story of how Massachusetts spawned the gerrymander-and immediately tried to kill it By Christopher Klein (The Boston Globe) Massachusetts, like other states across the country, is gearing up this year to redraw its…
Open Book There is no more powerful gambit in contemporary political rhetoric than resorting to "common sense," to principles grounded in the sentiments of "the people." But it is not evident why this is so, nor how it came to…
