On April 26, 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a large British raiding party attacked the American supply depot at Danbury, Connecticut, burning houses and barns and destroying stores of shoes, ...
The Framingham History Center recently unveiled several artifacts showing the city's connection to the American Revolution.
The Minuteman name is the same term used to describe members of the New England colonial militia known for being ready to fight the British at a minute's notice during the Revolutionary War.
Among them is a Minuteman militia roster from Framingham, naming Peter Salem as a Minuteman in the battle. Tucker explained that Salem, a formerly enslaved man born in Framingham (volunteer ...