Revolutionary Rams!
Revolutionary Rams!
New England Townies! Four Towns in the Revolution
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Marina Montalto, Meghan McLaughlin, Lane Longtin, and Jacob Gamm
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We talk about Weymouth, Marshfield, Dracut, and Sharon. Local history--how excited the local historians were to hear from them, and what we learned about our towns in the Revolution. There is more to Sharon than Deborah Sampson--did you know that Sharon had an iron foundry that produced the first cannon the Americans used? Or that 37% of the people in Dracut marched off to war--or that the war nearly began in Marshfield in 1775, or that Wessagusset/Weymouth turns 400 in 2022, and is the birthplace of Abigail Adams?
Or that Peleg Loud, a soldier from Weymouth, fought at New York but wondered if he would ever see Weymouth again?