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Friday, August 13, 2021
“Play up the Yankee Doodle tune”
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This series started with a letter from three of Boston’s wardens reporting an incident of martial music played on Sunday, 11 June 1769. ...
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Wednesday, August 11, 2021
“Martial music on the Sabbath”
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Back in December 2019 Lance Boos, working on a fellowship at the Massachusetts Historical Society, shared and analyzed a 17 June 1769 lette...
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