2 Jul 2022 9:04 am
“…[If] it appears that the only way to safety is through fields of blood, I know you will not turn your faces from our foes, but will undauntedly press forward until tyranny is trodden underfoot…”Dr. Joseph Warren, March 5, 1775. Commemorating the Boston Massacre three months before he was killed in battle.
Warren’s Herculean activities during the decade before his death at the age of 34 left a legacy largely overshadowed by the accomplishments of other forefathers: He was dedicated to the patriot cause, rising to lead the major committees that protracted the build up to war. For his efforts with the Committee of Safety and organizing the militia around Boston into an army, he was commissioned a major general. He advanced medical knowledge though research, established one of the first apprentice medical education programs in the colonies, and practiced medical care for the poor and underprivileged. Warren was capable at seeing both sides of an issue and gaining the respect from both his colleagues and the enemy. He was comfortable conversing in the parlor among society’s finest citizens, and could readily sit with ease in the presence of Boston’s most hardened laborers and ‘mechanics’.
https://www.revolutionarywarjournal.com/warren/
