19th Century Street Ballad celebrating the efforts of the "Mohawks" (the disguise the Tea Party Participants wore) in destroying the "vile bohea!" during the Boston Tea Party.
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american history, american revolution, freemason, green dragon tavern, john adams
19th Century Street Ballad celebrating the efforts of the "Mohawks" (the disguise the Tea Party Participants wore) in destroying the "vile bohea!" during the Boston Tea Party.
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american history, american revolution, freemason, green dragon tavern, john adams
Located on Union Street in Boston's North End, the Green Dragon Tavern was a hotbed of activity in pre-revolutionary Boston. In 1764, the tavern was sold to the St. Andrew's Lodge of Freemasons. The tavern's "Long Room" was used by several clubs and caucuses for private and public meetings. Consider what was planned in that room...Historians have come to refer to the famed spot as the "Headquarters of the Revolution."
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american history, american revolution, boston, boston massachusetts, boston tea party
Located on Union Street in Boston's North End, the Green Dragon Tavern was a hotbed of activity in pre-revolutionary Boston. In 1764, the tavern was sold to the St. Andrew's Lodge of Freemasons. The tavern's "Long Room" was used by several clubs and caucuses for private and public meetings. Consider what was planned in that room...Historians have come to refer to the famed spot as the "Headquarters of the Revolution."
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american history, american revolution, boston, boston massachusetts, boston tea party
Poet Mary Oliver, winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, once wrote, "Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it."
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Located on Union Street in Boston's North End, the Green Dragon Tavern was a hotbed of activity in pre-revolutionary Boston. In 1764, the tavern was sold to the St. Andrew's Lodge of Freemasons. The tavern's "Long Room" was used by several clubs and caucuses for private and public meetings. Consider what was planned in that room...Historians have come to refer to the famed spot as the "Headquarters of the Revolution."
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american history, american revolution, boston, boston massachusetts, boston tea party
Located on Union Street in Boston's North End, the Green Dragon Tavern was a hotbed of activity in pre-revolutionary Boston. In 1764, the tavern was sold to the St. Andrew's Lodge of Freemasons. The tavern's "Long Room" was used by several clubs and caucuses for private and public meetings. Consider what was planned in that room...Historians have come to refer to the famed spot as the "Headquarters of the Revolution."
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american history, american revolution, boston, boston massachusetts, boston tea party
Located on Union Street in Boston's North End, the Green Dragon Tavern was a hotbed of activity in pre-revolutionary Boston. In 1764, the tavern was sold to the St. Andrew's Lodge of Freemasons. The tavern's "Long Room" was used by several clubs and caucuses for private and public meetings. Consider what was planned in that room...Historians have come to refer to the famed spot as the "Headquarters of the Revolution."
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american history, american revolution, boston, boston massachusetts, boston tea party
Located on Union Street in Boston's North End, the Green Dragon Tavern was a hotbed of activity in pre-revolutionary Boston. In 1764, the tavern was sold to the St. Andrew's Lodge of Freemasons. The tavern's "Long Room" was used by several clubs and caucuses for private and public meetings. Consider what was planned in that room...Historians have come to refer to the famed spot as the "Headquarters of the Revolution."
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american revolution, boston, boston tea party, bunker hill, freemason
Revolutionary War Founding Fathers Joseph Warren and Paul Revere were friends, contemporaries, masonic brothers, confidants, confederates, and compatriots. The pair both lost their wives in the same week. This shared grief, along with brotherhood and shared ideas about the rights of the colonists, bonded the two. Undoubtedly, Warren's death at Bunker Hill deeply affected the famed silversmith. It's no wonder Paul Revere named his son Joseph Warren Revere.
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Joseph Warren is one of America's forgotten Founding Fathers. Joseph Warren was an American physician who played a leading role in Patriot organizations in Boston during the early days of the American Revolution, eventually serving as President of the revolutionary Massachusetts Provincial Congress. He was instrumental in inspiring colonists to pressure Great Britain for stronger protection of their liberties, and when that didn't work, to consider fighting for them...
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Located on Union Street in Boston's North End, the Green Dragon Tavern was a hotbed of activity in pre-revolutionary Boston. In 1764, the tavern was sold to the St. Andrew's Lodge of Freemasons. The tavern's "Long Room" was used by several clubs and caucuses for private and public meetings. Consider what was planned in that room...Historians have come to refer to the famed spot as the "Headquarters of the Revolution."
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american revolution, boston, boston tea party, freemason, freemasonry
Revolutionary War Founding Fathers Joseph Warren and Paul Revere were friends, contemporaries, masonic brothers, confidants, confederates, and compatriots. The pair both lost their wives in the same week. This shared grief, along with brotherhood and shared ideas about the rights of the colonists, bonded the two. Undoubtedly, Warren's death at Bunker Hill deeply affected the famed silversmith. It's no wonder Paul Revere named his son Joseph Warren Revere.
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William Wordsworth, the great British Romantic poet, penned the line, "What we have loved, others will love, and we will teach them how."
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William Wordsworth, the great British Romantic poet, penned the line, “We have within ourselves Enough to fill the present day with joy, And overspread the future years with hope.”
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“A story is a way to say something that can't be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is.” -- Flannery O'Connor
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