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Thursday, July 03, 2025
“Necessary that the regiments be immediately settled”
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Many accounts of George Washington ’s arrival in Cambridge in 1775 say that he converted the ragtag New England militia into the Continen...
Wednesday, July 02, 2025
“Alarmed that the Regulars were advancing towards Our Entrencment”
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Among the presentations at this Saturday’s commemoration of Gen. George Washington ’s arrival in Cambridge is a talk by Longfellow House a...
Monday, June 30, 2025
“Headquarters of a Revolution” in Cambridge, 5 July
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On Saturday, 5 July, the Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site will host the Sestercentennial commemoration of...
Sunday, July 25, 2010
What Did Washington Do on 3 July 1775?
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Gen. George Washington probably didn’t take command in a ceremony on Cambridge common on 3 July 1775. Instead, Gen. Artemas Ward almost c...
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Soldier's diary at Longfellow House
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The Friends of the Longfellow House (a non-profit organization that I work with) has posted a Revolutionary War soldier's diary on its ...
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