Category: Boston Events Calendar

The Battle of Noddle’s Island (also known as the Battle of Chelsea Creek) was the second military engagement of the American Revolution. It was fought on Chelsea Creek and on salt marshes, mudflats, and islands of Boston Harbor. Known more as a skirmish rather than a major battle, it was fought primarily over cows and […]

On this date in 1775, Joseph Warren told Revere and William Dawes that the king’s troops were about to embark in longboats from Boston Common bound for Cambridge and then by road to Lexington and Concord. Warren’s intelligence suggested that the regulars’ objective later that night would be to seize arms and ammunitions and capture […]

On the night of April 18, 1775, General Gage sent 700 men to seize munitions stored by the colonial militia at Concord, Massachusetts. Riders including Paul Revere alerted the countryside, and when British troops entered Lexington on the morning of April 19, they found 77 minutemen formed up on the village green. Shots were exchanged, […]

Battle Road weekend is April 14-16, 2012. Several events will take place including reenactments of the famous battles, musket demonstrations, artillery demonstration, crafts, games, and more. This event offers you a chance to get up close and talk with re-enactors about 18th century life. www.battleroad.org

This political cartoon (attributed to Benjamin Franklin) originally appeared during the French and Indian War, but was recycled to encourage the American colonies to unite against British rule. From The Pennsylvania gazette, May 9, 1754.

John Adams, prominent lawyer, ardent patriot and champion for independence and second president of the United States and was born on October 30, 1735. Adams represented Capt. Thomas Preston and the other British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre, drafted the Massachusetts Constitution, and was instrumental in persuading the Continental Congress to declare independence from […]

Dr. Joseph Warren was an American doctor, personal physician to John Adams, and played a leading role in the Sons of Liberty. Warren enlisted the help of Paul Revere and William Dawes on April 18, 1775 to spread the alarm that the British garrison in Boston was setting out to raid Concord and arrest the […]

This, the first major battle of the American Revolution, took place on June 17, 1775. Despite the name, the battle primarily took place on an adjacent hill known as Breed’s Hill. The colonials learned that the British were planning to send troops to occupy the hills surrounding the city of Boston. In response, 1,200 colonial […]

The man who would become the first president of the United States was born on February 22, 1732. He led the colonies to victory over Great Britain and served as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775-1783. He was the unanimous choice to serve as this country’s first president and he remains the only president […]

Samuel Adams was born in Boston on September 27, 1722.