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The final event marking the 250th anniversary of the Bee Line March was held Saturday at Morgan’s Grove Park and in downtown ...
The final event held in honor of the 250th anniversary of the Bee Line March was held at Morgan’s Grove Park and in downtown ...
Quoted from Colonel Swett’s MS. Memoirs by Daniel Putnam in Frothingham’s Siege of Boston. I again acknowledge an indebtedness to Frothingham’s History, which must be shared by all who ...
Siege of Boston (April 19, 1775-March 17, 1776). Departure of the British fleet. On March 17, 1776, British forces were forced to evacuate the city of Boston following Gen. George Washington's ...
The remarkably consistent Siege of Boston eyes his moment in the sun in the Oct. 13 $175,000 Knickerbocker Stakes (G3T) during the Belmont at the Big A meet. By Molly Rollins; ...
The remarkably consistent Siege of Boston eyes his moment in the sun in the Oct. 13 $175,000 Knickerbocker Stakes (G3T) during the Belmont at the Big A meet.
March 17 is officially observed as Evacuation Day in Boston, even though St. Patrick’s Day falls on the same date. Here's the history of the pivotal day in Massachusetts (and American) history.
The story of Sarah Winslow Deming's escape from Boston during the siege of the city, in her own words; Key moments from the Battle of Lexington and Concord, ...
The tradition of St. Patrick, long considered the patron saint of Ireland, came to Boston with the earliest Irish immigrants.
During the 1775-76 Siege of Boston, American patriots were trying to keep the British Army bottled up in the city and impede its resupply by sea.
The battles of Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill were only the opening act of the American Revolution. That first act concluded with the forced evacuation of the British occupying force from Boston.