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Before Washington becomes Washington, we have to keep in mind, this is Boston 1775.

It's not this miraculous victory, Yorktown 1781.

Washington really has to fill Joseph Warren shoes and not to detract from Washington,

but we have to give Joseph Warren some credit.

And really, as the years move on, all Warren's

colleagues rise to fame in this place, right? They all become governors or presidents. And Warren

is sort of left behind because he dies in 75 before there is no United States of America when

Warren dies.

Hello and welcome to episode 413 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. June 17, 2025 marks the

250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, the first full-scale battle of what would become

the American War for Independence. Though technically a British victory, Bunker Hill proved that the colonial soldiers could stand

against the might of the British Empire. New England militiamen inflicted 154 casualties on the

British that day. That was 50% of their fighting force. The New Englanders sustained 411 casualties,

including the man who stood at the heart of this battle,

Dr. Joseph Warren. Now, who was Dr. Joseph Warren, and why did he risk his life in this first major battle of the Revolutionary War? What drove this physician, political thinker, and

revolutionary leader to become the face of the American Revolution in Boston.

Christian Despina, executive director of the Dr. Joseph Warren Foundation,

joins us to explore these questions and commemorate this important anniversary event,

all with details from his book Founding Martyr,

the life and death of Dr. Joseph Warren, the American Revolution's

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