June 1 (7pm) to June 4 (5pm), 2022
Led by: Christian DiSpigna with Bruce Venter
HQ: Woburn, MA
Tour Registration: $595.00 Cash or Check – $618.00 Credit Card
Most of us recognize this idealized painting by John Trumbull as depicting the battle of Bunker Hill. The official title of the painting is “The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775.” While the battle is widely known as an important event at the opening of the American Revolution, the centerpiece subject of the painting is largely a forgotten figure. Our tour entitled “The Revolutionary World of Dr. Joseph Warren” aims to change that impression. We will explore many aspects of the life of this underappreciated Founding Father; our tour historian is the leading authority on Warren. This tour will also include many important sites associated with the Revolution in the Boston area, some touched in a major way by Dr. Warren.
On Day 1 we will start in the city of Boston to see how the Revolution evolved over the course of a decade and a half with a special emphasis on Dr. Warren’s experiences. Our first stop will be the Roxbury Latin School which Warren attended before going to Harvard; the school has an original Warren letter. We’ll see Boston Common where British troops encamped prior to their ill-fated excursion to Lexington and Concord; you’ll also see the site of the Boston Massacre site and the Boston Tea Party. Next Faneuil Hall has Warren’s weskit. We’ll drive along Hanover Street where Warren lived, but his homes are now long gone. We will visit the Old South Meeting House (1729) where Warren delivered two Boston Massacre orations and Patriots deliberated before heading to Griffin’s Wharf for a famous tea party in 1773. We’ll finish the day with a visit to the Old North Church where the “two if by sea” lanterns in the belfry signaled Paul Revere on the 18th of April in ’75. Time permitting we’ll walk to Copp’s Hill where General John Burgoyne viewed the battle of Bunker Hill.
On our second day we will start at the iconic Lexington Green where local Patriots challenged Lt. Col Francis Smith’s expeditionary force of regulars sent by Maj. Gen. Thomas Gage to capture military supplies on April 19, 1775. In Lexington, we’ll visit the Masonic Museum which has an original Joseph Warren clock. We’ll also visit the Munroe Tavern in Lexington which was used as Lord Percy’s HQ when he brought up a relief column to save Smith’s command. After lunch in Lexington, we’ll drive to Concord to see the Old North Bridge where the shot heard ‘round the world was fired, other famous sites in Concord and the Barrett House which has recently been restored. Along the way, we’ll stop at the Minuteman Visitors Center. We’ll trace the British retreat route though Menotomy (Arlington) where it is believed that Dr. Warren joined the fight before the Redcoat column disintegrated. We’ll also visit the Lincoln Masonic Lodge which displays a Warren painting in Masonic garb.
On our final day we will start with a tour of the Paul Revere House in North Boston, a must-see historic site. Then we’ll visit the Bunker Hill battlefield, monument and museum in Charlestown. The full story of Dr. Warren’s death will be discussed. After lunch we will visit Kings Chapel where Warren was eulogized after lying in state at the Old State House. Warren’s body was brought to Old Granary and buried. We’ll visit St. Paul’s Church where Warren was reburied in the family crypt in 1825. Exhumed again in 1855, Warren’s body was finally laid to rest in the Warren family plot where a statue was erected in 2016. The saga of Dr. Warren’s death and burials are truly amazing.
If you have a credit from the 2020 or 2021 Dr. Warren tours that were canceled due to Covid, there is no additional cost for you to attend the 2022 Dr. Warren tour. Please call or email us indicating that you plan to attend the 2022 Dr. Warren tour. Please call or email us indicating that you plan to attend and we’ll guarantee your seat.What’s included: motor coach transportation, three lunches, beverage and snack breaks, a map and materials package, all admissions and gratuities, and the services of experienced tour guides. Tour participants are responsible for transportation to the headquarters hotel, and securing a room reservation, if necessary. Dinner is on your own. Tour goes out rain or shine. Please see our policy page for information about cancellations Hotel: We have arranged with the headquarters hotel for a group rate of $139.00 per night plus tax (double or single occupancy) which includes a complimentary hot and cold buffet breakfast. (If Covid restrictions are still in effect, it will be a pre-packaged breakfast.) Our hotel will be the Hampton Inn Boston Woburn, 371 Washington Street, Woburn, MA. To make a reservation, please call the hotel at 781-935-1110 and ask for the America’s History LLC Tour Group rate. This rate is guaranteed until May 22, 2022. If you have any problems, please contact Bruce Venter at 703-785-4373. Our Tour Guide/Historian: Christian Di Spigna is the author of Founding Martyr: The Life and Death of Dr. Joseph Warren, the American Revolution’s Lost Hero. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate in history from Columbia University. Christian has spent twenty years researching the life of Warren and material culture at Colonial Williamsburg. He has lectured on Dr. Warren all over the country, including training classes for the National Park Service. He is also a founding member and president of the Dr. Joseph Warren Foundation.
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