Zobel Revisits the Massacre, Lexington, 27 Mar

As part of its Cronin Lecture Series, the Lexington Historical Society will host a talk by the Hon. Hiller B. Zobel on how the Boston Massacre appeared in last year’s John Adams miniseries. He’ll contrast scenes from the show with the historical record, which he’s thoroughly examined as co-editor of The Legal Papers of John Adams and author of The Boston Massacre. The event starts at 8:00 P.M. on Friday, 27 March, in the Lexington Depot.

I’m booked to be in Seattle that weekend, speaking briefly on a panel at the Organization of American Historians conference, and I’m sorry to miss this. For my own comments on how the miniseries portrayed the Massacre, see “What John and Abigail Really Saw” and “John Adams on Trial.”