Doing a
little shopping at Giant, a man struck up a conversation with me. His big
question on this first day of Black History Month was, “Who was the first to
die in the American Revolution.” My immediate reply was, “Crispus Attucks.” He seemed
surprised that I knew this basic history fact.
On March 5th,
1770, while British soldiers stood guarding the Customs House in Boston, a
group of people gathered to taunt the soldiers. One of the many protest the
colonist had against the British presence. Crispus Attucks, a sailor of African
and Native American ancestry, was in the crowd of hecklers calling the guards names,
throwing snowballs, and stones. Soldiers fired into the crowd killing five
people and wounding others. Crispus Attucks, according to the newspaper report,
was the first to die. The event became known as the Boston Massacre. Crispus Attucks is remembered as the
first American to die for the revolutionary cause.
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