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Patriots Day is a 2016 American action thriller film [5] based on the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013 and the subsequent terrorist manhunt. Directed by Peter Berg and written by Berg, Matt Cook, and Joshua Zetumer, the film is based on the book Boston Strong by Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge.
During the American Civil War, Captain Robert Shaw, injured at Antietam, is sent home to Boston on medical leave. Shaw accepts a promotion to Colonel commanding the 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, one of the first black regiments in the Union Army. He asks his friend, Cabot Forbes, to serve as his second in command, with the ...
The siege of Boston (April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776) was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War. [5] In the siege, American patriot militia led by newly-installed Continental Army commander George Washington prevented the British Army , which was garrisoned in Boston , from moving by land.
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 January 2025. 2013 domestic terrorist attack in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. "Boston attack" redirects here. For the incident in 1770, see Boston Massacre. "Boston bomber" redirects here. For the Douglas Boston bomber aircraft, see Douglas A-20 Havoc. Boston Marathon bombing Moments after the first ...
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A Civil Action is a 1998 American legal drama film directed and written by Steven Zaillian and starring John Travolta with Robert Duvall, James Gandolfini, Dan Hedaya, John Lithgow, William H. Macy, Kathleen Quinlan, and Tony Shalhoub.
The Siege of Boston (1911), New York: The Macmillan Company. [7] First Year of the American Revolution; General Gage's Informers; The Day of Concord and Lexington The Nineteenth of April, 1775 (1925) Historic Concord and the Lexington Fight (re-published with Leslie Perrin Wilson in 2010)