Joseph Warren was the embodiment of the American colonists’ struggle to secure their rights within the British empire. In June of 1775, Warren had just turned thirty-four. He was a widowed father of four young children and an esteemed Boston physician. His political leadership in Massachusetts started in 1765. A protege of Samuel Adams, Warren’s influence began through his writings and orations as a staunch defender of the right …
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A serious historian must carefully consider his or her subject. Hours of diligent research and conscientious, consuming deliberation go into the presentation for accuracy of an individual’s reputation as well as historical fact and circumstances. In his book Bunker Hill, Nathaniel Philbrick states in his notes, pages 319-320, that with the encouragement of Samuel Forman, author of Dr. Joseph Warren, they created the fictitious narrative of a thirteen-year-old child …
Francis Bernard was appointed by King George III as the governor of Massachusetts during the Stamp Act protest. Rather than quell the uprise in Boston, he intensified it with his enforcement of trade regulations and dissolution of the Massachusetts assembly because of their support of the Massachusetts Circular Letter (written by Samuel Adams). This letter protested the taxes being forced upon the colonists. It called for the boycott of …
Inmate Paul J. DeCologero claimed he acted as a “look out” within Bulger’s cell as fellow inmate Fotios Geas beat the aged, wheelchair bound, and dying Jim “Whitey” Bulger to death. DeCologero’s sentence for being an accessory in the high-profile murder was equal to a slap on the hand. But that seems to be the way things go within the DOJ when it comes to those criminals willing to …