On This Day: British evacuate Boston amid American Revolution
On March 17, 1776, the Continental Army under Gen. George Washington forced British troops to evacuate Boston.
A Servant Girl in 1776 Boston Fights Her Own Battle for Independence
With “Rebellion 1776,” Anderson returns once again to the Revolutionary War era. Set in Boston, the story begins toward the ...
Salt Lake City Weekly6dOpinion
Has America already forgotten 1776?
Through intimidation, extortion and vague unkeepable promises of destroying our wasteful bureaucracy, President “clean-up-the ...
Dorchester Reporter12d
THE US REVOLUTION REVISITED: Washington took fateful gamble atop Dorchester Heights in 1776
On Jan. 24, 1776, Henry Knox, a bold, portly bookseller and former Bostonian, solved the first problem. Having seized Fort Ticonderoga, in upstate New York, he and his men dragged the garrison’s ...
How St. Patrick’s Day fueled the American Revolution in Boston in 1776
You know about the leprechauns and the Irish and the pot of gold, but did you know that St. Patrick's Day has another ...
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The story behind Evacuation Day, the holiday Boston officially recognizes on March 17
March 17 is officially observed as Evacuation Day in Boston, even though St. Patrick’s Day falls on the same date. Here's the ...
Hackensack Revolutionary War hero statue erected in 1904 will finally get its sword back
The sword will soon be replaced as part of a restoration project by the Sons of the American Revolution and Hackensack.
Worcester Telegram on MSN13d
Boston is readying for St. Patrick's Day, but do you know the other March 17 holiday in MA?
Evacuation Day is celebrated on March 17 and commemorates when, in 1776, George Washington and the Continental Army drove the ...