Hello Anyone who finds this blog: I have never blogged before but want to make a contribution to the Semiquincentennial of our Nation. WordPress does not seem to think that “Semiquincentennial” is a word and I had to look it up. I remember the celebration and commemoration of the Bicentennial well; that word was catchy…
On this day 250 years from his headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, General George Washington reported to John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress that: When I had the honor to address you the 19th Instt upon the evacuation of the Town of Boston by the Ministerial army, I fully expected as their retreat and…
On this day 250 years ago in Needham, Massachusetts, Private Alexander Quapish passed away after a long illness that he had contracted during the Siege of Boston. Quapish was a Native American originally from Yarmouth, Massachusetts who was living in Dedham, Massachusetts in May 1775 when he enlisted in Capt. Daniel Whiting’s company of Col. Jonathan…
On this day 250 years ago in New York City, an effigy of Royal Governor Tryon was paraded through the streets and then hung from a gallows. A paper was attached to the effigy that read: William Tryon, late Governor of this province, but now a professed rebel and traitor to its dearest rights and…
On this day 250 years from his headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, General George Washington reported to John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress that: When I had the honor to address you the 19th Instt upon the evacuation of the Town of Boston by the Ministerial army, I fully expected as their retreat and…
On this day 250 years ago in Needham, Massachusetts, Private Alexander Quapish passed away after a long illness that he had contracted during the Siege of Boston. Quapish was a Native American originally from Yarmouth, Massachusetts who was living in Dedham, Massachusetts in May 1775 when he enlisted in Capt. Daniel Whiting’s company of Col. Jonathan…
On this day 250 years ago in New York City, an effigy of Royal Governor Tryon was paraded through the streets and then hung from a gallows. A paper was attached to the effigy that read: William Tryon, late Governor of this province, but now a professed rebel and traitor to its dearest rights and…
On This Day In The Revolution 