On This Day: Crispus Attucks
Friday, 05 March 2021
On this day, March 5th 1770, Crispus Attucks is killed during the Boston Massacre. The first to defy, The first to die. On March 5, 1770, British soldiers Captain-Lieutenant John Goldfinch
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On This Day: Isaac Davis is Born
Tuesday, 23 February 2021
On this day, February 23rd, in 1745, Isaac Davis is born to Mary and Ezekial Davis in the village of West Acton. Isaac married Hannah Brown on October 24, 1764
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On This Day: John Hancock is Born
Saturday, 23 January 2021
On this day, January 23rd, in 1737 John Hancock is born to Colonel John Hancock, Jr. (a soldier, planter, and politician) and Mary Hawke Thaxter. Hancock’s father would die in
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On This Day: Captain John Parker
Monday, 13 July 2020
On this day, July 13th 1729, Captain John Parker was born. “Stand your ground. Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin
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On This Day: A Second Copy of the Declaration of Independence Discovered
Friday, 24 April 2020
On April 24, 2017 a second copy of the Declaration of Independence was discovered in Chichester, England. The copy is believed to have been commissioned by Charles Lennox, Third Duke
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