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Maura Healey: “Henry Knox and his men...dragged the artillery all the way…”

Featuring: Maura Healey, Democratic | Governor of Massachusetts

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The Minuteman stood strong in battles in Lexington and Concord. Arlington and Cambridge militia from across New England fought the Battle of Bunker Hill. In Charlestown, Henry Knox and his men...dragged the artillery all the way from New York across Massachusetts to Dorchester Heights. George Washington and the Continental army fortified South Boston and drove those British troops out. These are just some of the many stories of Massachusetts experience during the Revolution. (11:19–11:29)

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