Dear fellow Hanoverians:
Lecture, Tuesday May 12th, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., John Curtis Free Library
To Declare for Independence: South Shore Town Meetings in Revolutionary
Massachusetts
Two hundred and fifty years ago, British troops were besieged in Boston by
colonists fighting for their rights at English subjects. But that all
changed after the publication of Common Sense in January, arguing for a new
and independent nation. The idea of independence from Britain grew
throughout the thirteen colonies and the Continental Congress. In May 1776,
every Massachusetts town was required by the Provincial Congress to vote on
“the momentous subject of Independence.” All across Massachusetts the
people responded.
Hanover’s residents in open town meeting, along with other South Shore
towns, voted unanimously in favor of Independence from Great Britain.
On July 4th, the Declaration of Independence was adopted and the nation was
born.
This presentation tells the story of that decision through the voices of
the participants, in original letters, newspapers, town, and provincial
records.
For more information, please contact Rebecca Griffith at
hanoverhistoricalsociety@gmail.com .
For “Around Town on the Web”,
Cathy H-B
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