Boston 1775

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

Today’s Boston 1775 posting comes from Charles Bahne, a local historian based in Cambridge . In this “guest blogger” essay, Charlie discuss...

On Wednesday, 21 March, the Old South Meeting House will host “Speak Out!” , its fourth annual remembrance of the Boston Massacre orations...

On Tuesday, 2 May, the Malden Historical Society will hold its 130th annual meeting with a special presentation titled “Malden—Steps Alon...

The big Boston historical news this week was the discovery of a time capsule sealed in the cornerstone of the State House, laid in 1795. O...

Here’s another notable story of the Battle of Bunker Hill , told by the Rev. Joseph Snelling in his 1847 autobiography. It concerned his fat...

On Tuesday, 13 May, I’ll be at the Plymouth Public Library as part of a panel discussion on using diaries in historical research . This ev...

Yesterday Ben Edwards at Teach History alerted me to a “Washington slept here” statement that didn’t seem right. I dug to find confirmation...

Last night I had the pleasure of hearing nine students from Boston Latin School deliver extracts of orations heard in Boston from 1771 to 18...