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On June 11, 1741, Patriot agitator and Revolutionary War hero Dr. Joseph Warren was born in Roxbury, Mass. He was, to many, the embodiment of resistance to the British, and became an instant hero after being killed in action during the Battle of Bunker Hill, where he...
On Sept. 9, 1774, delegates at the Suffolk County (Massachusetts) Convention of the Committees of Correspondence approved what became known as the Suffolk Resolves. This declaration against the “Coercive Acts” called for non-cooperation with British...