Joseph Warren’s Final Oration: Against Standing Armies and Arbitrary Power
“Act worthy of yourselves.” That’s how the great patriot and Revolutionary War hero Dr. Joseph Warren urged the people to commemorate the Boston Massacre, which happened today in history – March 5, 1770. In the face of a standing army occupier – and...
Today in History: The Massacre in Boston
Today in history, on March 5, 1770, a violent incident unfolded on Boston’s King Street, where an agitated group of Massachusetts colonists swarmed around a group of British regulars. After a group of Bostonians uttered insults, threw snowballs, and dared the British...