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SUMMARY:When Redcoats Marched in Marblehead: Leslie's Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Historian J.L. Bell will tell the thrilling story of Leslie’s Retreat\, the first armed resistance to the British crown\, and its connections to Marblehead. \nOn Sunday\, February 26\, 1775\, about 250 British soldiers marched through Marblehead\, sent by the royal governor to search for weapons. When that column of redcoats stalled at a\ndrawbridge in Salem\, their commander ordered locals to let them pass. Militia companies assembled to stop them. \nThis talk digs below myths of Leslie’s Retreat to highlight eyewitness accounts of a day the Revolutionary War might have begun\, but didn’t. \nJ. L. Bell is the author of The Road to Concord: How Four Stolen Cannon Ignited the Revolutionary War. Bell’s website\, Boston 1775\, offers daily updates of “history\, analysis\, and unabashed gossip about the start of the American Revolution.”
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/when-redcoats-marched-in-marblehead-leslies-retreat/
LOCATION:Marblehead Museum\, 170 Washington Street\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945\, United States
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Commemoration,Speakers
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SUMMARY:Westford REV 250: “In the Spirit of Friendship: John Adams and Mercy Otis Warren”
DESCRIPTION:Step back in time and converse with two of the Revolution’s most influential writers: John Adams and Mercy Otis Warren! Through a combination of first-person narratives and actual primary source documents\, Mercy and John will share how their friendship developed\, grew\, fractured\, and ultimately healed through their correspondence. \nIn 1805\, Warren published the first history of the American Revolution in the United States. She crafted this work by researching original documents and manuscripts\, interviewing key participants\, and drawing from her experiences during that tumultuous time. \nHowever\, this endeavor led to a significant rift between Warren and Adams. Adams was unhappy with how he was portrayed in her account and bombarded her with a series of angry letters\, ultimately disowning her as a friend. Warren accused Adams of forgetting “the principles of the American Revolution.” After several years and a heated exchange of letters\, they reconciled in 1812. \nJoin us for a lively debate between Mercy Otis Warren (portrayed by Michele Gabrielson) and John Adams (played by Michael LePage) regarding Warren’s account of the American Revolution\, published in her landmark three-volume history. \nMichele Gabrielson\, M.Ed.\, The Revolutionary Classroom. Michele is a professional historian and public-school educator with 17 years of experience teaching early American History. As a living historian and reenactor of the American Revolution\, she offers any presentation in historically accurate\, hand-sewn\, and documented 18th-century clothing. \nMichael Lepage has been bringing characters from American history to life since 1992. Aside from Paul Revere\, LePage appears as – among other historical characters – John Adams\, Samuel Adams\, Dr. Joseph Warren\, and General Thomas Gage. Well-known for his appearances at the Paul Revere House\, Adams National Historical Park\, and the Minuteman National Park \nHosted by the Westford Museum and Historical Society and League of Women Voters of Westford \n“In the Spirit of Friendship: John Adams and Mercy Otis Warren” is sponsored by Edward M. Connolly Insurance Agency\, 7 Lincoln Street\, on the historic Westford Common.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/westford-rev-250-in-the-spirit-of-friendship-john-adams-and-mercy-otis-warren/
LOCATION:Westford Museum\, 2 Boston Road\, Westford\, MA\, 01886\, United States
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