tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post6803285023688562136..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: The Sons of Liberty Medal Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-35760906124751866722018-12-14T00:42:11.360-05:002018-12-14T00:42:11.360-05:00I’ve found a close variant on the passage quoted i...I’ve found a close variant on the passage quoted in this posting in the 2 Mar 1850 <i>Boston Evening Transcript</i>, in a letter signed “Native Bostonian” and almost certainly written by John Russell. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-40844107681377877752015-01-20T13:39:53.785-05:002015-01-20T13:39:53.785-05:00But what evidence is there for any such Sons of Li...But what evidence is there for any such Sons of Liberty medals, cast before, during, or after the war; by Revere or anyone else; with any design? The Russell family is the only one that claimed to have ever had such a medal, and scores of other Boston families had ancestors who were active Sons of Liberty.<br /><br />As for the arm grasping a pole with a Liberty Cap on top, that iconography appeared in the period <a href="http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2014/12/firm-on-this-basis-liberty-shall-stand.html" rel="nofollow">like this</a>, not like the Bedford Flag arm grasping a sword or the Arm & Hammer arm. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-27842957101495403182015-01-20T12:48:38.906-05:002015-01-20T12:48:38.906-05:00Of course, since Revere was skilled as a silversmi...Of course, since Revere was skilled as a silversmith, such medals could've existed. As for the Arm & Hammer logo look, one only has to turn to the Bedford Minuteman Company flag to see a similar arm, only it is covered in armor and holding a small sword. <br /><br />I don't disagree that these men probably didn't wear a medal during the revolution, I wouldn't dismiss that a commemorative medal might have been cast after the war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-39603613641801757272014-12-09T08:21:34.976-05:002014-12-09T08:21:34.976-05:00Loved "Johnny Tremain" and reread it man...Loved "Johnny Tremain" and reread it many times in fifth and sixth grades -- actually wished I could go back in time and be him. Agree with your final comment: doubting that the SOL actually had the medals in their possession at any time.D McClellannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-82143162327117994892014-12-08T19:55:22.526-05:002014-12-08T19:55:22.526-05:00The seller admits that the medal design we see is ...The seller admits that the medal design we see is simply its recreation of the description passed along by one author after another. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-1482629494548773542014-12-08T18:12:48.202-05:002014-12-08T18:12:48.202-05:00The arm has a nineteenth-century vibe to me--it lo...The arm has a nineteenth-century vibe to me--it looks awfully like that of the "Arm & Hammer" logo!Don Carleton (Jr.)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02995856884718068236noreply@blogger.com