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The story behind Evacuation Day, the holiday Boston officially recognizes on March 17
March 17 is officially observed as Evacuation Day in Boston, even though St. Patrick’s Day falls on the same date. Here's the ...
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The story of Evacuation Day, Boston's other March 17 holiday
Peter Drummey, chief historian of the Massachusetts Historical Society, joins WBUR to talk about Evacuation Day.
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THE US REVOLUTION REVISITED: Washington took fateful gamble atop Dorchester Heights in 1776
On Jan. 24, 1776, Henry Knox, a bold, portly bookseller and former Bostonian, solved the first problem. Having seized Fort Ticonderoga, in upstate New York, he and his men dragged the garrison’s ...
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How St. Patrick’s Day fueled the American Revolution in Boston in 1776
On March 17, 1776, American patriots drove British troops from their shores, 11 months after the Siege of Boston, marking a major victory the patriots, and more notably George Washington.
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The oldest lighthouse in MA was the first in the country. Here's where it is
During the height of trading with Britain in the early 1700s, Boston Harbor's shifting tides and ... when the British left Boston in 1776, they destroyed Boston Light with explosives.