American Revolution: The Boston Massacre Trials-Virtual

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

TIME: 7pm - 8:30pm LOCATION: Virtual CONTACT: Jean Hlady, 617.698.5757

This will be a virtual presentation by the Honorable Dennis J. Curran about the history and legal topics associated with the American Revolution.  Denounced as an act of unprovoked violence and villainy, this event is one of the most familiar incidents in American history, yet one of the least understood.  We will revisit this dramatic episode and the resulting trials, the competing narratives that molded public perceptions, and the unheralded courage of one lawyer and a future President – John Adams – tasked with the defense of the captain of British troops charged with murder.  This year marks the start of the Boston 250 Project, a series that celebrates the American war for independence.

Justice Dennis J. Curran served as a Massachusetts trial judge for 15 years.  He is a graduate of Boston Latin School, and received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in an accelerated joint-degree four-year program from the University of Pennsylvania, and his law degree from the University of Virginia.  During his judgeship, he mentored over 100 judicial student interns, many of whom have since been admitted to, or graduated from, our country’s top law schools.  Justice Curran’s lifelong passion has been history.  He was elected a Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society and is a member of the Board of Advisors of the nationally-respected Lincoln Forum.  He has appeared on C-SPAN-3 on a panel of Lincoln as statesman.  He has also presented his latest scholarly work on Abraham Lincoln’s Massachusetts heritage.  Justice Curran served as a Professor of the Practice at Tufts University, and teaches at Brown University’s summer program.

If you love history and especially Massachusetts history, you don’t want to miss this talk!

Advance registration is required to receive the Zoom link, and for questions?  Email jhlady@milton.ocln.org or call the Reference Dept. at (617) 898-4964.

This event is kindly sponsored by the Friends of the Milton public Library and is free and open to all.  Please join host Jean Hlady for a fascinating program this evening.

You can register here!