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All are welcome to join at 9:30am<\/strong> at St. Peter\u2019s-San Pedro Episcopal Church<\/a> at 24 St. Peter\u2019s Church to learn the history behind Leslie\u2019s Retreat, and to hear from current elected officials. For more information about this program CLICK HERE\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Beginning at 10:30 am <\/strong>with the tolling of the church bells, the Red Coats will begin their march towards the North Bridge for a live reenactment of Leslie’s Retreat. Public are encouraged to view the interaction between the Red Coats and local militia from the designated viewing spot on the North Bridge. The actual reenactment on the North Bridge will start right at 11am. For more event information about this event CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Salem Gunpower Raid of February 26th, 1775, known locally as \u201cLeslie\u2019s Retreat\u201d, was a significant incident leading up to the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. On Sunday, February 26th<\/sup>, 1775, Lt. Colonel Alexander Leslie of the 64th<\/sup>\u00a0Regiment of Foot embarked from Castle Island in Boston Harbor aboard the HMS Lively to confiscate some cannon the Salem militia had recently secured. Leslie\u2019s orderly landing and march from Marblehead to Salem was noticed and the alarm raised. By the time he arrived in Salem, the drawbridge across the North River to where the cannons were stashed, had been raised. A large rabble of Salemites had formed surrounding and upon the Bridge \u2013 a tense situation only grew more excited as British troops attempted to requisition some small boats to cross the North River.<\/p>\n

After a few hours and stiff negotiation between Col. Leslie, Captain John Felt, Colonel Timothy Pickering and Rev. Thomas Barnard, an agreement was met. The frequently cited account of the incident by Charles Endicott mentions, \u201cBy the prudence and praise-worth forbearance of Colonel Leslie, any serious collision with the troops was happily averted\u201d. Under a lesser officer than Leslie, it is easy to imagine the inciting incident of the Revolution starting at our North Bridge rather than Concord\u2019s. The drawbridge would be lowered, Col. Leslie and his troops would march 30 rods (~500 feet) into North Salem to do their search, accomplishing their mission of searching for the guns, before returning to their vessel in Marblehead Harbor and ultimately back to Boston. While no shots were fired that day, the incident is historically significant on several counts and deserves our recognition and commemoration. A British magazine published April 1775 stated that \u201cthe Americans have hoisted the standard of liberty at Salem\u201d, clearly viewing this as an inciting incident to the anticipated conflict.<\/p>\n

This event is Presented by Salem 400+<\/a> with the active support of The Leslie\u2019s Retreat Salem Resistance.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All are welcome to join at 9:30am at St. Peter\u2019s-San Pedro Episcopal Church at 24 St. Peter\u2019s Church to learn the history behind Leslie\u2019s Retreat, and to hear from current…","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1025,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-1024","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRed Coat March: Leslie's Retreat 250th Reenactment - 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