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Revolution 250

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A non-profit organization created by historians, historical organizations, and others to commemorate the coming of the American Revolution in Boston, in Massachusetts, and in New England. Creating events and resources since 2015.

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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Rev250 event of the day — #OTD July 22, 1775, Gen. George Washington organized the Continental Army into three brigades. He put his youngest brigadier generals under his most experienced major general and separated men who might resent how the Congress had ranked others.
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Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland @virtualtreasury.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Congratulations to our colleague @joelherman.bsky.social and to PRONI for hosting 'Ireland and America: 250th Anniversary Perspectives' last Thursday! You can read more about the event here: tinyurl.com/ireland-amer... @america250.bsky.social @sophcocooper.bsky.social @revolution250.bsky.social
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — At Fall River Heritage State Park, reenactors play out the 1778 Battle of Fall River on Saturday and Sunday, May 31 & June 1, 10–4: www.vivafallriver.com/lafayettedur...
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Battle of Fall River Reenactment Weekend
Commemorate the 247th anniversary of the Battle of Fall River with a weekend-long living history event on the same riverbanks that witnessed the battle.The Battle of Fall River Reenactment Weekend (Ma...
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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Just a few tickets left for this, so act fast. Join us this Thursday in PRONI at 6:15PM as we explore the connections and entanglements of Irish and American pasts. @virtualtreasury.bsky.social @america250.bsky.social @sophcocooper.bsky.social @revolution250.bsky.social
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — Joel Bohy speaks on Revolutionary War muskets, swords & accouterments, featuring items from the Museum of Old Newbury and a musket drill. At St. Paul’s Episcopal, 166 High Street, Newburyport, Thursday, May 22, 7–830pm: www.newburyhistory.org/calendar/202...
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Museum of Old Newbury: Newburyport's Road to Revolution, Part V - Powder and Shot
Join Joel Bohy, early weapons expert, for an exploration of the muskets and swords carried during American Revolution.
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — For the American Revolution Round Table of New Jersey, J. L. Bell of Boston 1775 speaks about the four criminal trials that followed the Boston Massacre. Online only on Thursday, May 8, 7pm: www.facebook.com/NJARRT/posts...
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — Prof. Joseph M. Adelman speaks on “Revolutionary Networks” and the vital role newspaper printers played during the American Revolution at the Framingham History Center, Thursday, May 8, 7–8pm, FREE with registration: framinghamhistory.org/events/2025l...
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Revolutionary Networks: Printers, Politics, and the Power of the Press - Framingham History Center
Join historian and author Joseph M. Adelman for an insightful exploration of the vital role newspaper printers played during the American Revolution. Based on his acclaimed book, Revolutionary Network...
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — Pepperell celebrates the legend of Prudence Wright with song, storytelling, poetry, and militia reenactments at the overlook named in her honor, Saturday, May 3, 12–130pm: town.pepperell.ma.us/901/Prudence...
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Kimberly Alexander @ksalex10.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Join me @thewarnerhouse in #portsmouthnh on 2 May for a look at #fashion during the #AmRev era from #homespun to #remaking to #boycotts Then as now let’s examine fashion as #resistance, as #agency as #voice @revolution250.bsky.social @boston1775.bsky.social @dublinseminar.bsky.social
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — The American Revolution Institute hosts & streams a panel discussion on the Battles of Lexington and Concord with J. L. Bell, Alexander Cain, and Jarrad Fuoss of Minute Man Park, Tuesday, April 29, 630pm: www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/event/panel-...
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Panel Discussion—The Battles of Lexington and Concord - The American Revolution Institute
To kick off our eight-year-long 250th anniversary celebrations of the American Revolution, join us for a panel discussion highlighting the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Panelists will discuss the ...
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — The deadline for submitting a proposal to the Jack Miller Center’s conference on “The American Revolution and Its Legacies,” scheduled for September in Washington, is Monday, March 31: www.jackmillercenter.org/call-for-pro...
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Call for Papers: History Conference, "The American Revolution and Its Legacies from 1776 to Today" - Jack Miller Center
The Jack Miller Center invites papers for a September 2025 History Conference in Washington, D.C.
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Irish Boston @irishboston.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Happy 280th birthday to Commodore John Barry of #Wexford #Ireland, hero of the #AmericanRevolution. @historians.org @america250.bsky.social @revolution250.bsky.social @paulreverehouse.bsky.social @revwar250.bsky.social @amrevmuseum.bsky.social irishboston.org/2025/john-ba...
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John Barry, Naval Hero of the American Revolution, was born on March 25, 1745 in Wexford, Ireland - Irish Boston
John Barry, a naval hero in the American Revolution, was born on March 25, 1745 in County Wexford, Ireland. His parents were James Patrick john Barry and
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — The deadline for submitting a proposal to the Jack Miller Center’s conference on “The American Revolution and Its Legacies,” scheduled for September in Washington, is Monday, March 31: www.jackmillercenter.org/call-for-pro...
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Call for Papers: History Conference, "The American Revolution and Its Legacies from 1776 to Today" - Jack Miller Center
The Jack Miller Center invites papers for a September 2025 History Conference in Washington, D.C.
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Ben Edwards @bostonhistory.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Concord’s North Bridge has been renovated many times including in 1769. This diagonal support beam was discovered during an excavation of the Concord River in 1956. #ConcordMuseum
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Rev250 quote of the day — “…we have undoubted reasons for jealousy [i.e., suspicious fear], that our implacable enemies are unremitting in their endeavors, by fraud and artifice as well as by open force, to subjugate this people.” —Massachusetts Provincial Congress #OTD March 24, 1775
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Historical Marker Ahead @historicalmarker.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I don’t wanna know how he came up with the name for the place
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — Kostya Kennedy signs copies of his new book “The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America” at the Harvard Coop in Cambridge, Monday, March 24, 6pm: us.macmillan.com/tours/kostya...
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Kostya Kennedy: The Ride - Macmillan Publishers
Join author Kostya Kennedy for a discussion of his latest book, The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America.
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Laurie Halse Anderson @halseanderson.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Legendary historical fiction author Avi reviewed Rebellion 1776 for The New York Times! I am grateful and gobsmacked. 🥰 Here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/b... @ssedlib.bsky.social @simonkidsuk.bsky.social
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Book Review: ‘Rebellion 1776,’ by Laurie Halse Anderson (Gift Article)
Laurie Halse Anderson returns to the Revolutionary War era with a timely new novel for young readers.
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — Donald Hayes speaks to the Peabody Historical Society about “Peabody, Danvers and the Battle of Menotomy” in the Smith Barn (38 Felton St), Sunday, March 23, 2pm, $5 or free to members: peabodyhistorical.org/programs-exh...
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Programs & Exhibits - Peabody Historical Society
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — We commend our neighbors in the America 250 | CT Commission for their conference “Shaping a Commemoration Rooted in Belonging,” taking place this Friday in Storrs. Check out the program of presentations and workshops: ct250.org/events/2025-...
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Program – America 250 | CT
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — The Wayside Inn in Sudbury hosts a fireside chat with Paul Revere, as portrayed by Michael Lepage, on Thursday, March 20, 6–8pm, $25 or $20 for Wayside Inn and Paul Revere House members: www.paulreverehouse.org/event/firesi...
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Paul Revere Fireside Chat at the Wayside Inn - Paul Revere House
Join Paul Revere (as portrayed by Michael Lepage) by the fireside at the Wayside Inn for a spirited review of the notoriously inaccurate Longfellow poem that immortalized his Midnight Ride. […]
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — Robert A. Gross and Robert J. Allison discuss opposing views of the American Revolution in “Which Side Are You On—If Any?: Loyalism & Patriotism in the Revolution,” at the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Thursday, March 20, 6pm: www.colonialsociety.org/eventshttps:...
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Rev250 event of the day — #OTD March 14, 1775, the Boston selectmen met with “A number of the Selectmen of Bilrica” (Billerica) to hear about “the steps they were taking relative to the taring & feathering one [Thomas] Ditson of their Town, which was done by the Soldiery.”
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — The Carlisle Colonial Faire will feature 18th-century military drilling, unique Revolutionary artifacts from the historical society, and crafts by local artisans. At the Union Hall (27 School Street) on Saturday, March 15, 10–3: massachusetts250.org/event/carlis...
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Carlisle Colonial Faire - MA250
The Carlisle Colonial Faire will be held at the First Religious Society’s Union Hall (27 School Street) on March 15th. The event will feature a minutemen muster re-enactment on the […]
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — American Ancestors presents a free online talk by Chief Genealogist David Allen Lambert on “Friend or Foe: Researching Colonial Ancestors During the American Revolution,” Thursday, March 13, 3–4pm: www.americanancestors.org/events/frien...
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Friend or Foe: Researching Colonial Ancestors During the American Revolution | American Ancestors
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — American Ancestors presents a free online talk by Chief Genealogist David Allen Lambert on “Friend or Foe: Researching Colonial Ancestors During the American Revolution,” Thursday, March 13, 3–4pm: www.americanancestors.org/events/frien...
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Friend or Foe: Researching Colonial Ancestors During the American Revolution | American Ancestors
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Old North @oldnorth1723.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
How did Boston’s first street lamps survive a shipwreck and the Boston Tea Party? Join us on Zoom for a fascinating Speaker Series talk. Jake Sconyers, host of the @hubhistory.com podcast, will discuss how the introduction of street lights transformed Boston. www.eventbrite.com/e/they-burnt...
They Burnt Tolerable Well - The Tea Party, A Shipwreck, and Boston's First Street Lamps
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — Old South Meeting House will display Dr. Joseph Warren’s medical journal showing how he treated lingering Boston Massacre victim Christopher Monk, thanks to author Christian Di Spigna, for one week only, March 4–10, with regular admission: revolutionaryspaces.org
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Revolutionary Spaces » Open History. Enter Democracy.
The Revolution Starts Here Old State House & Old South Meeting House Constructed in 1713, the Old State House was the center of royal government in the
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — Matthew Mees speaks at the Westford Museum on the colonial economy and the challenges of using eighteenth-century paper money, Sunday, March 2, 130–3pm, suggested donation $10 new tenor: museum.westford.org/events/westf... #c18
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Westford REV 250: “Bartering, Currency, and the American Economy in Colonial Times”
The early American colonies faced significant cash problems, and various solutions were devised to address them. Money, or the lack of it, was a persistent issue in colonial America.
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G. Patrick O'Brien @gpatrickobrien.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
It was a real privilege to talk to the minds at @revolution250.bsky.social this morning about my research on the Robie family, their experience as loyalist refugees in Nova Scotia, and their return to Massachusetts after the Revolution. Give them a listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and elsewhere!
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Revolution 250 Podcast - Divided Families of Marblehead with G. Patrick O'Brien - Revolution 250 Podcast
"Place is of very little consequence," Mary Sewall of Marblehead wrote to her sister in Nova Scotia in 1799," except as it brings you near to those whom by nature you are most nearly allied."  Th...
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — At the Marblehead Museum, J. L. Bell of Boston 1775 speaks on “When Redcoats Marched in Marblehead,” Leslie’s Retreat in the context of the Massachusetts resistance, on Thursday, February 27, 7pm, online tickets still available: marbleheadmuseum.org/upcoming-pro...
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — This weekend, February 22–23, Salem celebrates the 250th anniversary of “Leslie’s Retreat” with a march, a fashion show, a concert, a play, tours, talks, and more: www.salem400.org/leslies-retr...
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Leslie's Retreat 250 Weekend - Salem 400
Discover Leslie's Retreat, a serene getaway in Salem, perfect for relaxation and rejuvenation. Explore our offerings and plan your visit today!
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — Panel discussion with local historians on “Leslie’s Retreat” in February 1775 at the Pickering House in Salem, on Saturday, February 15, 1130am, $25: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/4c5u7tx
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Rev250 quote of the day — “An attempt to cram a form of government down the throats of a people, to impose a constitution upon a united and determined people by force, is not within the omnipotence of an English parliament.” —John Adams #OTD Feb 10, 1775 founders.archives.gov/documents/Ad... #c18
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Founders Online: From John Adams to a Friend in London, 10 February 1775
From John Adams to a Friend in London, 10 February 1775
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Revolutionary War 250 @revwar250.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
9 FEBRUARY 1775, NEW YORK: Another attempt is made to unload the cargo ship James in violation of the nonimportation agreement. The Royal Navy warship Kingfisher anchors off the docks to prevent the townspeople from interfering.
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Rev250 event of the day — #OTD February 9, 1775, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress confirmed its choice of generals for its army: Jedediah Preble (67 years old), Artemas Ward (47), Seth Pomeroy (68), John Thomas (about 50), and William Heath (37). #c18
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — Because of the forecast for snow on Sunday, February 9, these events will be rescheduled. Second day of the Hive: www.nps.gov/mima/getinvo... Matthew Mees on the colonial economy at the Westford Museum: museum.westford.org/events/westf...
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The Hive: Living History Symposium - Minute Man National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — Hingham celebrates Gen. Benjamin Lincoln and other historical figures linked to the town with a muster, wreath-laying, house tours, and address in the Old Ship Church by our own Jonathan Lane, Saturday, February 8, 10am–4pm: hinghamhistorical.org/lincoln-day/
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Lincoln Day | Hingham Historical Society
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Rev250 quote of the day — “Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud … When the people give way, their deceivers, betrayers and destroyers press upon them so fast that there is no resisting afterwards.” —John Adams as “Novanglus” #OTD February 6, 1775 #c18
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Rev250 quote of the day — “A Motion made by Lord Chatham, to withdraw the Troops from Boston,…was rejected; and the Ministry have declared in both Houses the Determination to inforce Obedience to all the late Laws.” —Benjamin Franklin #OTD Feb 5, 1775 founders.archives.gov/documents/Fr... #c18
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Founders Online: From Benjamin Franklin to the Speakers of the Colonial Assembl …
From Benjamin Franklin to the Speakers of the Colonial Assemblies: a Circular Letter from Franklin, William Bollan, and Arthur Lee, 5 February 1775
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Rev250 quote of the day — “Yesterday brought us such a Speach from the Throne as will stain with everlasting infamy the reign of Gorge the 3 … the most wicked and hostile measures will be persued against us.” —Abigail Adams #OTD February 3, 1775 founders.archives.gov/documents/Ad... #c18
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Laurie Halse Anderson @halseanderson.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
#RevWarDaily - Feb 1 In Nov 1774, King George III gave a speech saying that if the ornery colonists didn't pay for the dumped tea & behave, he was ready to rumble. It took 2 months for copies of the speech to cross the Atlantic. Abigail Adams & others were horrified when they read the news. 1/4
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Rev250 event of the day — #OTD February 2, 1775, Parliament formally declared the colony of Massachusetts Bay to be in rebellion, encouraged by illegal combinations in other (unspecified) colonies. This authorized royal officials to use the military against opponents. #c18
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — Rob Orrison of Emerging Revolutionary War and J. L. Bell of Boston1775 will discuss all the developments of the winter of 1774–75 live on the Emerging RevWar Facebook page, Sunday, February 2, 7pm: emergingrevolutionarywar.org/2025/01/30/r...
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Rev War Revelry: Road to Concord and the events of winter 1775 with historian J.L. Bell – LIVE
We are excited to welcome historian and author J.L. Bell. Few know more about the events around Boston in 1775 than Bell. His blog, Boston 1775 ( ) is the most detailed and researched source on eve…
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Rev250 resource of the day — Joel Bohy speaks to Acton250 at the Acton Town Hall (and on actontv.org) on “‘Dreadful Were the Vestiges of War’: Bullet Strikes from the First Day of the American Revolution,” Wednesday, January 29, 7-830pm: www.actonma.gov/250 #c18
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Rev250 quote of the day — “It is and Ever has been my poor Opinion that justice and Liberty will finally Gain a Compleat Victory over Tyrany. What may be the intervening sufferings of the many individuals, Heaven only knows…” —Mercy Warren #OTD Jan 28, 1775: founders.archives.gov/documents/Ad...
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Founders Online: Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 28 January 1775
Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 28 January 1775
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Rev250 event of the day — #OTD January 27, 1775, the British secretary for the colonies, Lord Dartmouth, wrote instructions to Massachusetts governor Thomas Gage “to arrest and imprison the principal actors & abettors in the Provincial Congress…[for] acts of treason and rebellion.” #c18
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Rev250 quote of the day — “The Small-pox is now in several parts of the Town—many persons have been removed to the Hospital—but no Endeavors will be wanting to prevent its spreading.” —Boston printer John Boyle #OTD January 26, 1775 #c18
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Gravestones of New England @gravestones-ne.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Gravestone of John Paine, 1754, at Hill Cemetery in Hatfield, Massachusetts. Carved by Nathaniel Phelps. #westernmass #gravestone #cemetery #skystorians
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Revolution 250 @revolution250.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Rev250 event of the day — #OTD January 25, 1775, the Second Provincial Congress of New Hampshire met at Exeter, appointing delegates to the next Continental Congress in Philadelphia. The president was John Wentworth, cousin of royal governor John Wentworth. #c18
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