All for Freedom: Memories of the Revolution
Did you know that the first armed confrontation between British regulars and Massachusetts militia took place at Salem's North Bridge? Did you know that the town of Topsfield, Massachusetts wrote and approved a Declaration of Independence in May of 1776, urging the Continental Congress to "declare these colonies independent of Great Britain," and pledging their lives in support of the cause?
Now you can hear these and other stories told by storyteller and historic interpreter Merrill Kohlhofer. Carefully based on research into primary source documents, these are the stories of the ordinary people of Massachusetts who committed themselves to the cause of freedom. Many of them are almost forgotten now, lost in archives, old manuscripts and newspapers. They are men and women, boys and girls, whites and African Americans, Loyalists and revolutionaries. Together, they tell the story of power and cost of the idea of freedom in America, its unprecedented breadth and its tragic limitations. Now they speak again, brought to vivid life by the art of Merrill Kohlhofer.