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July 4th, 1776
250 years ago 56 men committed high treason. They were privileged, wealthy, and owned property. Their families were prosperous. As British subjects, they would have continued to be so. They…
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Memorial Day, Dr. Joseph Warren, and the Checks That Were Cashed.
Please take a moment at 3:00 PM on Monday, May 25 to honor all those who sacrificed their lives for the freedoms we often take for granted. Read more to…
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The First Skirmish
Throughout the early morning of April 19, 1775, a British column marches from the swampy banks of the Charles River, through rain and chill, toward Concord. Their mission is to…
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Paul Revere’s Ride
Longfellow’s drama and the real story!
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Red Lines and Scottish Rebels
The American Revolution day by day. May and June 1775. Red Lines and Scottish Rebels. One of the things becoming apparent is that although the colonies were separately working to…
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Before it was a War
One of the more interesting observations as I read the day to day events leading up to declaring independence is the timing of events in the colonies. By 1775, the…
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America 250
In honor of our 250th anniversary, I am reading a day by day account of the revolutionary war. History doesn’t happen linearly but simultaneously. Washington was doing his thing here,…
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Kris
First, this is not a sad story. If you’re crying at the end, I haven’t told this story as I intended. It’s my sister Kris’s 59th birthday. The 24th birthday…
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Christmas Eve
The dark before the light. Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol has long been one of my favorite books. I couldn’t tell you why. I remember sitting upstairs in my room…
