SPECIAL EDITION OF THE REVOLUTIONARY SHORE: Dunmore and the Gun Powder Raid
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SPECIAL EDITION OF THE REVOLUTIONARY SHORE: Dunmore and the Gun Powder Raid
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore. 1765 portrait by Joshua Reynolds. By Kellee Blake April 21, 1775 On this very day, 250 years ago . . . Lord Dunmore, Virginia’s Royal Governor, learned the coast was clear. For five days his servants had carefully watched for a breach in the guarding of the Williamsburg powder magazine. For some unknown reason, the volunteer local sentries were not at their posts in the early morning of April 21st. It was the…
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