June 21, 1768: An America Challenges A King

In a dramatic address that shook the walls of the Massachusetts General Court and reverberated across the Atlantic, James Otis Jr. on Tuesday, June 21, 1768, launched a sweeping denunciation of British authority—accusing Parliament of violating the Constitution and likening taxation without representation to…

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April 18, 1775: Paul Revere Goes For A Ride

“Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five: Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year.” So begins Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem, immortalizing one of…

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January 1, 1776: America Raises Its First Flag

Prospect Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, holds historical significance as the site where the Grand Union Flag was raised on January 1, 1776, symbolizing a crucial turning point in the American Revolution. Often regarded as the first national flag of the United States, it embodied…

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December 25, 1776: Washington Makes A Huge Gamble

Washington Crossing the Delaware is an iconic moment in American history that took place during the American Revolutionary War on the night of December 25-26, 1776. Leading the Continental Army, General George Washington orchestrated a daring and strategic crossing of the ice-filled Delaware River…

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