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On March 5, 1770, Crispus Attucks, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, Samuel Gray, and Patrick Carr fell at the Boston Massacre. Daniel Webster said, “From that moment we may date the severance of the British Empire.” John Adams said, “On that night the foundation of American Independence was laid.” In 1888, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts honored those who fell.
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