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It’s the story South Boston schoolboys love to hear. On March 4, 1776, under cover of darkness, General George Washington ordered his men to position dozens of captured British cannon...
After writing lapidary narratives about Americans facing disaster and death at sea, Nathaniel Philbrick turned to telling twice- and even thrice-told tales of bravery and ordeal on land....
Boston emerged from the hideous din of the Marathon bombing as America’s Hero City. “Boston Strong” has become a favored slogan, while sportswear proclaiming “Boston Strong –...