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The Boston Tea Party is often cited as a model of peaceful civil protest. But, as Elinor Evans reveals, on the 250th anniversary of this milestone in America’s foundational story, it occurred against a backdrop of bloodshed
Nearly 10,000 British troops with loyalists in tow fled Boston in disgrace on this day in history, March 17, 1776. It is celebrated as Evacuation Day in Boston, Massachusetts.
Tricorn hats, a liberty pole, musket balls, a twist of tobacco and other objects illustrate “The Road to Revolution on Cape Cod,” a special exhibit inside the visitors center at
Christopher Seider was just an 11 year old boy on February 22, 1770. He was the son of German immigrants and had participated in patriotic groups opposing the British for taxes and impressing young men into the Royal Navy. On that fateful day a crowd was protesting outside of the Ebenezer Richardson's house because he was a custom's agent and had broke up a protest outside a loyalist business. Someone in the crowd through a rock that went through his window and allegedly hit his wife. Richardson then fired a gun into the American crowd striking young Christopher Seider
Across New England, snow fell early in the day on March 5, 1770. In Boston, a single sentry, ...