Virtual Program - Patriot, Son, and Symbol: Josiah Quincy II
Monday, March 31, 7:00 p.m.
In March 1775, Josiah Quincy II set sail for Boston after spending a year in England meeting with prominent British authorities to clear up any “gross misrepresentations and falsehoods” spread about the “state of rebellion” among the American colonists. Despite his failing health, Quincy returned to Boston with secrets and information that could only be delivered by word of mouth, claiming “my going now must be of great advantage to the American Cause.” Sadly, he never made it home, dying of tuberculous while in sight of the New England shoreline – and just days after the events at Lexington and Concord set in motion the battle for American independence.
Hailed by John Adams as a man “as great in proportion to [his] age, as any that I have ever known in America,” the historical significance of Josiah Quincy II’s contributions to the Provincial cause were later eclipsed by the friends and fellow patriots who survived him. Yet among his family and descendants, the tragic loss of this young man spurred various and multi-generational efforts to preserve and enshrine his memory. This program uses the collections at Historic New England’s Quincy House to shed light on this oft-overlooked Revolutionary figure and his posthumous transformation into a venerated symbol of American patriotism.
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