Remembering Patriot and Revolutionary War Hero Joseph Warren
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...
Today in History: “Solemn League and Covenant” Published
Today in history, on June 5, 1774, the Boston committee of correspondence approved and published the “Solemn League and Covenant,” an agreement to boycott British goods. The covenant was in response to the Coercive Acts, a series of laws passed by Parliament in early...