The Boston Massacre Trials: Blood in the Snow

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 Revolution 250 Project, a series that celebrates the American war for independence. 

No registration required. Join us in the Grice Community Room at 6pm on Tuesday, September 23rd. 

This event is sponsored by the Marlborough Historical Society. 

Presenter Bio: Honorable Dennis J. Curran, Justice, Massachusetts Superior Court (Ret.)

Justice Dennis J. Curran was a Massachusetts trial judge for over 15 years, and presided over 450 civil and criminal trials. As a trial judge, he received four state-wide awards for judicial excellence. 

Justice Curran graduated from Boston Latin School, and received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and his law degree from the University of Virginia.

His lifelong passion has been history. he has been elected a fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society. 

He is a member of the Board of Advisors of the nationally-respected Lincoln Forum. He has been featured on a panel of Lincoln scholars on C-SPAN-2. last year, he presented his latest scholarship on Lincoln's ancestry before the Lincoln Forum Symposium in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Justice Curran has served as Professor of the Practice at Tufts University, teaches at Brown University's summer program, and lectures widely before historical groups, public libraries, senior groups, and his fellow judges.

For further information, see www.judgedenniscurran.com