To the editor:
While March 17 generally means just “St. Patrick’s Day” to most, the date does have another significance for we Barringtonians.
At the end of 1775 and …
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To the editor:
While March 17 generally means just “St. Patrick’s Day” to most, the date does have another significance for we Barringtonians.
At the end of 1775 and beginning of 1776, a Barrington militia unit under the command of Matthew Allin was part of Washington’s forces laying siege to Boston.
The siege came to a successful conclusion when the Americans seized Dorchester Heights on March 4, 1776. This forced General William Howe, the British Commander—realizing Boston Harbor was thus threatened by a cannonade from the Heights—to order the evacuation of Boston on March 17: Evacuation Day. (“And ‘you’ [Barrington] were there!”)
Barrington is definitely not “Borington” when it comes to History. Upcoming tricentennial events will serve as a reminder of that.
Karl F. Stephens
Barrington