Boston 1775

This Saturday, 28 September, will see a number of local events linked to Revolutionary history. 10:00 to 11:00 A.M. How We Remember Mass...

Ezra Lunt and Henry-Walter Tinges printed the Essex Journal in Newburyport with the financial backing of Isaiah Thomas , who made a hasty...

With yesterday’s posting, Boston 1775 has entered the Patriot’s Day season for 2024. It’s hard to find a complete posting of Patriot’s Da...

Earlier this month it wasn’t clear if the Jason Russell House would be open during Patriots’ Day, but the Arlington Historical Society has ...

Last month Alex Cain at Historical Nerdery rounded up four accounts from women who had all-too-close encounters with British troops durin...

The Arlington Historical Society just provided an interim report on various investigations into one of its historic properties, the Jason ...

Yesterday I listed the events surrounding Patriots’ Day that are scheduled to take place in Minute Man National Historical Park. I also lin...

The Massachusetts Historical Commission and the town of Arlington just granted the Arlington Historical Society a $15,000 grant to study...

Yesterday I quoted the part of “The White Horseman,” the earliest known story about Hezekiah Wyman on 19 Apr 1775, which makes it also the...