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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 25 January

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 25 January

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On this day in 1776, a memorial in honor of Brigadier General Richard Montgomery was authorized, the first national memorial to be authorized by Congress. Montgomery was one of the first generals of the American Revolution to die on the battlefield during the attempt to capture Quebec. “Resolved, That, to express the veneration of the United Colonies for their late general, Richard Montgomery, and the deep sense they entertain of the many signal and important services of that gallant Officer…and for transmitting to future ages, as examples truly worthy of imitation, his patriotism, conduct, boldness of enterprize, insuperable perserverance, and contempt of danger and death; a monument be procured from Paris, with an inscription, sacred to his memory, and expressive of his amiable character and heroic achievements.” Benjamin Franklin was charged with finding an artist to render the memorial. He commissioned Jean-Jacques Caffieri, an official sculptor to the French crown. Once finished, the monument was shipped to the U.S. but nearly lost. In 1787, the Common Council of New York made the recommendation to have the memorial installed at St. Paul’s Church, where it stands to this day, only recently restored to its former glory. 1

In 1787 on this day, Captain Daniel Shays and 2,000 of his fellow farmers launched an attack on the arsenal in Springfield, Massachusetts. They had organized into three groups, with plans to surround the armory. Shays led one group, with Eli Parsons and Luke Day leading the others. Day sent a message to Shays that he would not be prepared to attack until the 26th but the message was intercepted. Shays and Parsons followed through with the plan, but when they arrived they were fired upon by General Shepard and his troops, with four men being killed and 20 wounded. The men retreated and regrouped but the rebellion was virtually over at that point. 2

1 “The General and The Monument,” www.trintiywallstreet.org/news/blogs/the-archivists-mailbag/the-general-and-the-monument; “Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, Thursday, January 25, 1776,” Library of Congress Online
2 “Rebels Attack Springfield Arsenal,” Mass Moments, massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=30; “Shays’ Rebellion,” Wikipedia

 

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  1. Expose Truth on January 26, 2013

    Daniel Shays was a great , brave Patriot as were the others involved. Thomas Jefferson wholeheartedly supported these brave men. They were having their land stolen by the crooked courts, lawyers, judges and bankers. They had Continental notes given them for their gold they had loaned the government to finance the war for Independence against the British and the King. But the dishonest government, banks, lawyers and judges illegally refused to obey the law and take their notes as payment for taxes and farm loans and instead tried to use armed force to steal their farms and homes, demanding gold. Shays and his fellow Patriots started shutting down these criminal courts and crooked banks. Governor Clinton and the banksters and scum like Hamilton talked Washington (to his disgrace) into using Federal troops to fight and arrest these Patriots. One good thing that happened was we ended up getting a Bill Of Rights, but a bad thing also was gained with a more powerful Federal Government under the Constitution as opposed to the Articles of Confederation.


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