Revolutionary Marblehead: Jeremiah Lee & John Glover
Revolution 250 Podcast
English - April 29, 2021 00:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsHistory american revolution boston massachusetts new england Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Patriot's Day
Lauren McCormack, (Marblehead Museum), Seamus Daly & Larry Sands (Glover's Regiment) about the lives and legacies of these two important figures in the history of the American Revolution. Jeremiah Lee, a merchant and importer in Marblehead played a lead role in connecting the American colonists with the financial and military resources of Europe. John Glover and his Marblehead regiment played an outsized role in the early days of the war by utilizing their boating skills along with their military skills. Glover is famous for saving Washington's army following the defeat on Long Island, as well as transporting the army for their Christmas Day attack on Trenton in 1776.