On This Day: Dorchester Heights Is Secured!

On This Day: Dorchester Heights is secured!

The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women whose bravery and sacrifice led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. March 9, 1776 Gen. George Washington sends off a lengthy letter to the president of the Second Continental Congress, John Hancock. The American military, after a to…

South Boston History Lesson: How Henry Knox’s Cannons at Dorchester Heights Forced the British Out of Boston

If you’re celebrating Evacuation Day in South Boston, you can thank a young bookseller-turned-soldier named Henry Knox for helping make it happen. Back in December of 1775, Knox arrived at Fort Ticonderoga with a mission from General George Washington: figure out how to move dozens of heavy cannons from upstate New York to the Continental [...] The post South Boston History Lesson: How Henry Knox’s Cannons at Dorchester Heights Forced the Britis…