Ben Franklin's world is a production of the O'Mohandro Institute. Hello and welcome to episode 228 of Ben Franklin's world.

The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of our early American past have shaped the present day world

we live in. And I'm your host, Liz Kovart.

Quote, it is not without the most humiliating conviction of my want of ability that I now appear before you,

but the sense I have of the obligation I am under to obey the calls of my country at all times.

The many injuries offered to the town I pass over in silence. I cannot now mark out the

path which led to that unequaled scene of horror, the sad remembrance of which takes the full possession of my soul.

The sanguinary theater again opens itself to view. The baleful images of terror crowd around me

and discontented ghosts with hollow groans appeared to solemnize the anniversary of the 5th of March."

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On March 6, 1775, Dr. Joseph Warren ascended the pulpit of the Old South Meeting House in Boston,

and delivered the annual Boston Massacre or Asian.

Now, Warren used the opportunity to inspire his fellow Bostonians and New Englanders to revolution, and he did it a full month and a half before that shot hurt around the world was fired at Lexington Green.

Now over the years, we've spoken with scholars who have covered some of the biggest events of the revolution.

We have episodes on the Stamp Act crisis, the Tea Crisis, and the Road to Concord.

We also have that 20 episode Doing History to the Revolution series, which is entirely dedicated to exploring

many different aspects of the American Revolution.

But you know what we don't have is an episode for the Boston Massacre.

So in honor of the 249th anniversary of this important event, we begin a three episode

series to investigate the massacre, the larger context it occurred in, and its memory and legacy.

To get us started, we'll meet with Eric Kinder Rocker,

a distinguished professor of history at the University of Utah,

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