In the years following the Boston Massacre, playwright Mercy Otis Warren wrote that "No previous outrage had given a general alarm, as the commotion on the fifth of March, 1770." Although the ...

Five civilians would die, three were wounded, and the bloody chaos that was the Boston Massacre had suddenly quickened the pace toward revolution. But this was not the coldblooded slaughter of ...

March 5 is a date that has witnessed significant events throughout history, spanning various categories such as politics, ...

Join us as we stroll along the historic Freedom Trail in Boston, exploring the deep roots of American history. 🏙️ Experience ...

Warren was there to deliver an annual speech commemorating the Boston Massacre, five years earlier, and tension was in the air. He wore a toga, a sartorial nod to great Roman orators. On March 6 ...

Michell Wu, mayor of sanctuary Boston, should remind Congress in her testimony before the House Oversight Committee Wednesday that it falls on the anniversary of the Boston Massacre. The committee ...

The bloody massacre perpetrated in King - Street Boston on March 5th, 1770, by a party of the 29th Regt. / engrav'd printed & sold by Paul Revere, Boston ; re-engraved by Sidney L. Smith.

The incident would become known as the Boston Massacre. We all learned in grade school how American colonists pushing for independence from Britain used that phrase. What you might not know ...