“Dr. Joseph Warren” Tour, 1-4 June

America’s History, L.L.C., is offering a tour of “The Revolutionary World of Dr. Joseph Warren” on 1-4 June.

The leader will be Christian Di Spigna, author of Founding Martyr: The Life and Death of Dr. Joseph Warren, the American Revolution’s Lost Hero, and founder of the Dr. Joseph Warren Foundation.

Christian will be assisted by Bruce Venter, proprietor of America’s History, L.L.C., who has years of experience organizing tours like this.

The tour description says:

On Day 1 we will start in the city of Boston to see how the Revolution evolved over the course of a decade and a half with a special emphasis on Dr. Warren’s experiences. Our first stop will be the Roxbury Latin School which Warren attended before going to Harvard; the school has an original Warren letter. We’ll see Boston Common where British troops encamped prior to their ill-fated excursion to Lexington and Concord; you’ll also see the site of the Boston Massacre site and the Boston Tea Party.

Next, Faneuil Hall has Warren’s weskit. We’ll drive along Hanover Street where Warren lived, but his homes are now long gone. We will visit the Old South Meeting House (1729) where Warren delivered two Boston Massacre orations and Patriots deliberated before heading to Griffin’s Wharf for a famous tea party in 1773. We’ll finish the day with a visit to the Old North Church where the “two if by sea” lanterns in the belfry signaled Paul Revere on the 18th of April in ’75. Time permitting, we’ll walk to Copp’s Hill where General John Burgoyne viewed the battle of Bunker Hill.

On our second day we will start at the iconic Lexington Green where local Patriots challenged Lt. Col Francis Smith’s expeditionary force of regulars sent by Maj. Gen. Thomas Gage to capture military supplies on April 19, 1775. In Lexington, we’ll visit the Masonic Museum which has an original Joseph Warren clock. We’ll also visit the Munroe Tavern in Lexington which was used as Lord Percy’s HQ when he brought up a relief column to save Smith’s command.

After lunch in Lexington, we’ll drive to Concord to see the Old North Bridge where the shot heard ‘round the world was fired, other famous sites in Concord and the Barrett House which has recently been restored. Along the way, we’ll stop at the Minuteman Visitors Center. We’ll trace the British retreat route though Menotomy (Arlington) where it is believed that Dr. Warren joined the fight before the Redcoat column disintegrated. We’ll also visit the Lincoln Masonic Lodge which displays a Warren painting in Masonic garb.

On our final day we will start with a tour of the Paul Revere House in North Boston, a must-see historic site. Then we’ll visit the Bunker Hill battlefield, monument and museum in Charlestown. The full story of Dr. Warren’s death will be discussed. After lunch we will visit King’s Chapel where Warren was eulogized after lying in state at the Old State House. Warren’s body was brought to Old Granary and buried. We’ll visit St. Paul’s Church where Warren was reburied in the family crypt in 1825. Exhumed again in 1855, Warren’s body was finally laid to rest in the Warren family plot where a statue was erected in 2016.

The tour fee covers motor coach transportation, three lunches, beverage and snack breaks, a map and materials package, all admissions and gratuities, and the services of the knowledgeable guides. Participants are responsible for reserving and paying for their own hotel rooms (if they don’t have accommodations nearby), getting to the hotel, and finding their own dinners.

This tour has been in the works for a long time, delayed by the pandemic. Given Warren’s place near the center of Boston’s Revolutionary movement, especially in the crucial year before his death, tracing his activity is a way to explore a great deal of the area’s Revolutionary history in a coherent narrative.