Calling all French Family Members…
To the ultimate Historic French Family “Once in a Lifetime” Family reunion!
Where: Billerica / Andover, MA Approximately 35 minute drive North of Boston Logan MA Airport.
Please note this is a huge event in New England… All accommodations will be difficult. Make plans ASAP
https://www.meetboston.com/events/festivals-and-annual-events/america-250
Other Interesting Day Trips: Mayflower Plymouth Plantation –
Your Mayflower Ancestor Edward Doty lived here!
When: We expect to have accommodations for the 2 – 4th (3 nights) in Andover, MA (central celebration house) We will have 6 adults staying at house with max. of 9.
Why? America’s 250 Celebration, French Families 391st year Celebration in America
Boston and New England is planning the biggest most patriotic celebration since Washington took Yorktown!
https://www.meetboston.com/events/festivals-and-annual-events/america-250
But more importantly it a Celebration of Family!
Boston / Cambridge is where the French Family first step on America in 1635.
The exact spot William French lived. 1635
The French family Original Home Town – Billerica, MA!
William French was a founding father of Billerica, MA and signed the towns founding document “the Great Charter of Billerica, MA”
Old Garrison House Jacob French built 1690 – First French Born in America
Family Landmarks and Memorials!
3 French Family Members Gave Their Lives in the American Revolution
Ebenezer French Jr.
The Drummer at Bunker Hill
There is something deeply human about the image of a drummer on the field of battle. He carries no musket and fires at no enemy. Instead, he carries the heartbeat of the army, his drumbeats setting the rhythm of advance, retreat, and defiance. His courage must be, in some ways, the purest kind: he stands in danger with no weapon to answer it.
Ebenezer French Jr. was that man at the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775 — one of the most ferocious engagements of the entire Revolutionary War. British regulars advanced up the hillside in the sweltering June heat while American militiamen held their ground behind hastily constructed earthworks. The Patriots fought valiantly until the gun powder ran out.
The battle was a tactical British victory but a moral triumph for the colonial cause. The Americans had shown they could stand and fight against the most powerful army in the world.
