Boston 1775

As I quoted yesterday , in July 1775 the Massachusetts Provincial Congress officially deemed the provincial fortification of Breed’s Hil...

After the British army drove provincial troops off the Charlestown peninsula on 17 June 1775, the Massachusetts committee of safety propo...

Yesterday I quoted Samuel Gray ’s 11 July 1775 description of the Battle of Bunker Hill , based on what he called “my own knowledge.” Gra...

In his History of the Siege of Boston , Richard Frothingham published a letter about the Battle of Bunker Hill written by Samuel Gray in Ro...

Yesterday I started to dig into a recent social-media post by the City of Boston Archaeology Department about when the term “Breed’s Hill...

On this anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill , I’m taking note of a document the City of Boston Archaeology Department recently highlig...

King’s Chapel has brought back Act Worthy of Yourselves , a sixty-minute drama set around the funeral of Dr. Joseph Warren in April 1776....

I’ve reported on how the White House mandated changes to signs interpreting the American Revolution and its legacy at Independence Nati...

Thomas Lecaque, professor of history at Grand View University in Iowa, wrote at Religion Dispatches about the Pentagon’s recent move to “re...

The Sons of the American Revolution annual scholarly conference in 2027 will focus on “Resisting the Revolution: Militant Loyalism During t...

Last month I talked with Ryan Chatelain of Spectrum News about the tale of Sybil Ludington . His story , headlined “Sybil Ludington is cal...

Next week brings the 251st anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill , and the Charlestown Historical Society and partner organizations have ...

Producing a podcast strikes me as a lot of work, but speaking about Boston history on other folks’ podcasts is always fun. Here are three...

On Thursday, 11 June, I’ll speak to the Medford Historical Society on the topic of “Paul Revere and Plan B: Planning and Improvisation in t...