On this day 250 years ago in Lexington, Massachusetts, Rev. Jonas Clarke preached a sermon on

The fate of blood-thirsty oppressors, and God’s tender care of his distressed people. . . . To commemorate the murder, bloodshed, and commencement of hostilities, between Great Britain and America, in that town, by a brigade of troops of George III, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Smith, on the nineteenth of April, 1775.

Source: https://archive.org/details/fateofbloodthirs00clar/page/n3/mode/2up

On this day 250 years ago, the ship Sally with numerous Loyalists with homes in Marshfield on board, landed along the North River in Massachusetts. The Tories had evacuated to Nova Scotia when the British departed Massachusetts and were trying to return home. The ship contained many articles consistent with the ship having been used for warfare, including 17 firearms, 5 bayonets, swords, 8 powder horns, and cartridge boxes. All the Loyalists were jailed by the local Committee of Correspondence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Marshfield,_Massachusetts