FORT TICONDEROGA, NY (NEWS10) – February marks 248 years since a convoy of cannons helped America’s young army free Boston from British military control. It proved to Americans that its ...

Though never fully abolished by the fires, when the British left Boston in 1776, they destroyed Boston Light with explosives. More MA history: The oldest town in MA is older than the country.

It was voted to him by the Corporation and Overseers of Harvard University, in accordance with the prevailing spirit after he had driven the British from Boston in March 17, 1776, and "as an ...