Wednesday, March 5, 2008
TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY: British soldiers, quartered in the homes of colonists, took the jobs of working people when jobs were scarce. On this date, grievances of ropemakers against the soldiers led to a fight. Soldiers shot down Crispus Attucks, a black colonist, then others, in what became known as the Boston Massacre. Attucks is considered the first casualty in the American Revolution (1770).
Bloomingdales very own secret park in named in honor of Crispus Attucks.
1 comment:
i was a bit disappointed that the park wasn't noted on his wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispus_attucks#Legacy
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