Mass Mistakes

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Everyone knows that Paul Revere rode to Concord Massachusetts to warn the militia of the approaching redcoats leading to the "shot heard around the world." 

As children we learned these truths in school and summer travels with the family 
visiting battlefields, historic sites 

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The heroic response commemorated every year .... with reenactments 



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pic/s patriot's day reenactment/s
use one showing both sides 


Last month, on April 19

Mass celebrated their Patriot’s Day 

Honoring event/s of April 18 and 19, 1775

threat of redcoats


While may be patriotic, not good history 

Honor actually belongs to NH 

Mass pr and propaganda 

Major Mass mistakes 


Before Paul Revere’s midnight ride and the battle of Lexington and Concord 

Celebrating April 18, 1775

And the battle shot heard round the world 

Dec 13, 1774 He rode to Portsmouth NH

There were important revolutionary events that occurred in NH

leading to the first military action against the Crown


Accuracy, propaganda 

pics portsmouth reenactments


Raid on Attack on, 

Fort William and Mary 

Dec 14-15, 1774 


likewise, the Boston tea party Dec 16, 1773 seen as first overt non-military action sort of a protest

similar Mass mistake


an event in nh again preceded that  

Pine tree riot April 14, 1772 

first overt non-military action

sort of a protest Against the crown 



1776 

last month Callis did program

March 13, 1776 liberty coin March 13 

declaring our financial independence weeks before July 4, 1776 DOI signed 


We have explored other Mass mistakes in previous blogs 

First Thanksgiving 

https://mwvhistory.blogspot.com/2021/11/happy-thanksgiving-2021.html

And Beast Feast 

https://mwvhistory.blogspot.com/2021/06/beast-feast.html 


to help explore the context surrounding the Declaration of Independence, etc.

cpl hhr has developed outreach free to local schools and community groups

In advance, leading up to 250th anniversary of DOI next year (July 4, 2026) cpl hhr has developed a number of hands-on outreach programs related to … 

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entitled Colony to Country it uses

Primary sources 

Maps

Artwork

Documents 

Hands on activities 

examines

Explore 


conway chartered as part of a British colony in 1765
look at series of maps, and layout variety of tools, survey compass, ....

for example, start with laying out tools, ax, froe, flintlock (not musket) etc. 
ask which of these tools items literally created NH as a British colony and then the same tool made the United States a new country 

the answer of course is the quill pen 
writing kit, 
signing DOI 


We also offer a series of related programs 

insert pics from Remick, etc.

timber framing

corn

butter making

etc.


CTC 

Cradle to coffin 

And in between 

From surveying land for colony 

Tie to working woods blog 

Cover all trees in cpl park 

cellar to shingles
farming
fabric


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