The Pine Tree Riot - A New England Legends Podcast

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4.6 • 627 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Before the Boston Tea Party, there was the Pine Tree Riot of 1772 in Weare, New Hampshire. When colonists violently rebelled against Britain’s claim to their white pine trees, they set in motion a chain of events that would spark the American Revolution. Join Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger as they uncover this little-known act of defiance that changed history. The Pine Tree Riot - A New England Legends Podcast Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more episodes join us here each Monday or visit their website to catch up on the hundreds of tales that legends are made of. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ournewenglandlegends.com/category/podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Jeff Belanger here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jeffbelanger.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PLEASE SUPPORT THE ADVERTISERS THAT SUPPORT THIS SHOW Happiness Experiment - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://go.happinessexperiment.com/begin-aff-o2?am_id=podcast2025&utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=michael⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Factor Meals - Get 50% off your first order & Free Shipping at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.FactorMeals.com/p6050off⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & use code: P6050off at checkout Mint Mobile - To get your new wireless plan for just $15 a month, and get the plan shipped to your door for FREE, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.MintMobile.com/P60⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Shadow Zine - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shadowzine.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Love & Lotus Tarot - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://lovelotustarot.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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0:17.9	All right, it's a nice day for a stroll along Route 114 in southern New Hampshire. Weather's good, and I see some construction projects going on behind us. Yeah, yeah, sure, but where are we going? Exactly. Hmm? No, I asked, where are we going? And I said you're correct. What? No, I've never been to what. I've never even heard of it. Where? Right. What? There you go again. Do you know where we are? I think I'm having deja vu. I get that. We've been here before. Where? Yes. And it feels like we've said this before. We may have. Okay. Why are we back? Ray, we've returned to Ware, New Hampshire, to witness the pine tree riot.
0:59.8	Hey, I'm Jeff Belanger.
1:01.1	And I'm Ray Osier. Welcome to episode 405 of the New England Legends podcast.
1:05.6	We're on a mission to chronicle every legend in New England one story at a time.
1:09.2	And we're glad you're riding along with us.
1:11.4	We're always on the hunt for odd history, ghosts, monsters, UFOs, roadside oddities,
1:16.7	and all the wicked strange things that make New England like no other place. So many of our
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