Posted on 06/11/2014 4:22:54 AM PDT by Master Zinja
Dr. Joseph Warren, one of the more notable members of the Sons of Liberty, was born on this date in 1741. It was Warren, after receiving intelligence on the impending attack by the British on Concord, who sent William Dawes and Paul Revere on their midnight rides to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock and sound the alarm. Warren later led troops in the battles of Lexington and Concord and later at Bunker Hill, where he helped inspire the men to hold their ground against the British, and where was killed in action. In his honor, we raise the Sons Of Liberty flag.
He also was a pioneer in the use of inoculations to prevent Smallpox.
Reportedly he first met John Adams when he inoculated Adams against smallpox.
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