Posted on 07/04/2024 6:42:36 PM PDT by conservative98
The Boston Tea Party… the Battle of Bunker Hill… the signing of the Declaration of Independence… just some of the monumental events of the American Revolution. Led by men with names we know by heart-- Adams, Revere, Hancock, and Washington. But a lesser known name, but not less important- is Warren. At the beginning of the war, more people knew who Dr. Joseph Warren of Massachusetts was more than they knew George Washington. And Warren’s exploits are legendary.
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Let me guess... the “real” founder of America was black just like those black women mathematicians are the real reason Americans made it to the moon?
Dr. Joseph Warren of Massachusetts:
In Johnny Tremain, Dr. Warren surgically fixed Johnny’s burnt hand.
One of the first people to die in the struggle for independence was Crispus Attacks, a black man and a sailor, at the Boston Massacre.
This is a historical fact.
I get that you may be upset with revisionist history (as am I), but actual history should be embraced and celebrated.
After the Battle of Bunker Hill, several of my mother’s ancestors were in the Virginia militia and marched by foot to Boston to fight the British.
The rest of the keyword, sorted:
No, but the First shot of the Revolution was not at Lexington & Concord in MA.
It was the December prior at New Castle, New Hampshire
Prescott and other men broke into the fort and stole munitions killing a British soldier in the process.
This took place in December of 1774.
Five months before the shots at Lexington & Concord.
There is a Prescott Park today in the city of Portsmouth, NH.
The fort still stands on the same location in New Castle Island
There is now a Coast Guard base there.
DOWNLOAD: "Life and Times of Joseph Warren" by Richard Frothingham
It was written in 1865 while the memory of Joseph Warren was still relatively fresh in our national consciousness. No membership or fee is required to download it. He was a young man (34) when he died on Bunker Hill. A physician who, even at his young age, was held in awe by those around him for his intellect and bottomless drive.
But he was no high-society intellectual, even though he had the chops to play that role. He was so highly esteemed that they made him a Major General. When push came to shove, he eschewed his role of General, knowing full well he was no "General", and on his own authority, deferred his responsibility that was his by rank alone to Colonel Prescott, choosing to fight as a Major General in the role of infantryman, and did so valiantly, resulting in his death.
When he died, people far and wide in the revolutionary movement were stunned and nearly incapacitated with grief at the time. But events quickly moved everyone foreward, and Joseph Warren became a relatively neglected figure, when in actuality, he was paramount.
He was THE key figure in the "Committees of Correspondence" between all the colonies to provide unity of action, helping the colonies to speak with a more uniform voice, and he is credited for being the one who laid the groundwork for other colonies to follow the example of Massachusetts during the Stamp Act crisis in 1765.. There was much concern that Massachusetts was going to get hung out to dry due to its hard stance on the Stamp Act if other colonies caved. Massachusetts was the first that was going to be impacted, and if Massachusetts became a hard case, England would have shipped the stamps to a more compliant colony, so it was important that all the colonies stood fast on it.
I have a huge amount of respect for Joseph Warren. He was educated, polished, intelligent, well spoken, highly moral, and in good unison with his passionate and burning views on Liberty and Freedom...he was unafraid.
I highly recommend this book.
Mercy was Joseph’s wife.
Very cool! Thanks!
DOWNLOAD: "The Capture of Fort Willam and Mary" by Charles Lathrop Parsons
It is a very short work, but important in highlighting that it was the first overt action against The Crown.
I don't believe anyone was killed though, but it was widely assumed with some personal account as evidence that the powder taken was one of the things being searched for in Concord, MA on April 19, 1775.
And that the powder was used against the British.
“ One of the first people to die in the struggle for independence was Crispus Attacks, a black man and a sailor, at the Boston Massacre.”
Yep.
Yes.
Dang auto-correct.
Thanks!
Bkmk.
If you’d really like to know of an unknown American Revolutionary War hero, or rather heroine I suggest learning of 16 year old Sybil Ludington of Danbury, Connecticut. Quite and extraordinary young woman.
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