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July 31, 2018
Latest on Historically Designating Joseph Warren’s Family Homestead in Roxbury
Join historically minded Roxbury residents wanting to save the Warren homestead by signing their petition here. Recall that this location is the birthplace and childhood home of the Warren family, including Revolutionary War hero Dr. Joseph Warren (1741-1775) and his youngest brother and prominent physician Dr. John Warren (1753-1815). Their mother Mary Stevens Warren lived […]
July 26, 2018
Joseph Warren’s and Paul Revere’s Legacies Besmirched by a Shadow Reference
Author: Paul Revere (alleged) Date: 1948 “From Revere’s account books: “Feb 22, 1773, Doct. Joseph Warren. To mend of a Tank and planns. 1.40 To taking out bicuspid 0.40″” Sources: Weinberger, Bernhard Wolf. Introduction to the History of Dentistry in America. St. Louis: C.V. Mosby Company, 1948. pp. 116-117. The source manuscript which Bernard Weinberger […]
July 17, 2018
Fragment of Joseph Warren’s Missing Account Books – Discovery Document
Author: Joseph Warren Date: April 6 and 7, 1771 Source: Samuel A. Forman’s personal collection. Two sided day book page fragment in Joseph Warren’s handwriting, no signature, acquired at eBay auction February 10, 2010 for $700. Partially affixed with glue onto the flyleaf of the presentation copy of a book. A separate note by Bunker […]
January 30, 2018
Speak Out! 4th Annual Boston Massacre Anniversary Orations – now March 28, 2018
Note: Yes, there will be a Springtime snow in Boston. Event just rescheduled to March 28, 2018 at 6 PM. See Old South Meetinghouse’s website for the latest information. Each year from 1772 to 1775, massive gatherings of men, women and children were held at Old South Meeting House to commemorate the anniversary of the […]
Speak Out! 4th Annual Boston Massacre Anniversary Orations – March 21, 2018
Each year from 1772 to 1775, massive gatherings of men, women and children were held at Old South Meeting House to commemorate the anniversary of the Boston Massacre, with rousing speeches by patriots John Hancock, Benjamin Church and Dr. Joseph Warren. Join us to hear selected excerpts of these speeches, performed by an inter-generational group […]
September 5, 2017
Will Plaque Mark Revolution’s Start?
Date: Sunday, September 3, 2017 Author: Sara Salinas, Boston Globe Correspondent “While city officials look to bring new life to City Hall Plaza, a group of local historians is calling for a memorial to the life once lived under the bricks. Historians have mapped the approximate location of the former home of Joseph Warren, a […]
March 28, 2017
“Naturally Impelled to Acts of Treachery” – Dr. Benjamin Church’s 1773 Boston Massacre Oration in Full Text
An ORATION; delivered March 5th, 1773, at the Request of the INHABITANTS of the TOWN of BOSTON; to Commemorate the bloody TRAGEDY of the FIFTH of March, 1770. By Dr. BENJAMIN CHURCH. Impius haec culta novalia miles habebit? Barbarus has segetes? En quo Discordia cives Perduxit miseros? En queis consevimus agros? Virgil. Ecl. I. O […]
March 22, 2017
1772 Boston Massacre Oration – Full Text
Date: March 5, 1772 quis talia fando/Myrmidonum, Dolopumve, aut duri miles Ulyssei, /Temperet a lacrymis. (Vergil, Aeneid Bk. II, 6-8) When we turn over the historic page, and trace the rise and fall of states and empires, the mighty revolutions which have so often varied the face of the world strike our minds and with […]
March 14, 2017
Lovell’s 1771 Boston Massacre Oration in Full Text – Slaves Envy the Freedom of Others and Take a Malicious Pleasure in Contributing to Destroy It
by James Lovell Omnes homines natura Libertati student, et CONDITIONEM Servitutis oderunt. Caes. —: Nunc ea petit, quae dare aullo modo possumus, nisi priùus volumus nos bello victos confiteri. Cic. At a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, in Town Meeting assembled, by Adjournment, on Tuesday the 2d Day […]
December 6, 2016
Desperate Plea to New York
“Cambridge, June 4, 1775. May it please your Honours: We beg leave to represent to you the peculiar distresses of this Colony, being assured that you will, as the wise guardians of the lives, liberties, and properties of the whole of this extensive Continent, attend to the several circumstances of all who, under God, look […]
