🇺🇸 2020 Boston Massacre Reenactment 250th anniversary
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- Опубликовано: 7 мар 2020
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Play / Reenactment of the Boston Massacre in front of the old State House on the Freedom trail.
Hosted by Downtown Boston and Revolutionary Spaces.
Shot with the Panasonic GH5 + Leica 12-60mm lens.
This is really not an easy event to take videos of because of the very low lighting.
From Wikipedia:
The Boston Massacre, known to the British as the Incident on King Street,[2] was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. The event was heavily publicized by leading Patriots such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams.[3][4][5] British troops had been stationed in the Province of Massachusetts Bay since 1768 in order to support crown-appointed officials and to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation.
Amid tense relations between the civilians and the soldiers, a mob formed around a British sentry and verbally abused him. He was eventually supported by eight additional soldiers, who were hit by clubs, stones, and snowballs. They fired into the crowd without orders, instantly killing three people and wounding others, two of whom later died of their wounds.
The crowd eventually dispersed after Acting Governor Thomas Hutchinson promised an inquiry, but they re-formed the next day, prompting withdrawal of the troops to Castle Island. Eight soldiers, one officer, and four civilians were arrested and charged with murder, and they were defended by future U.S. President John Adams. Six of the soldiers were acquitted; the other two were convicted of manslaughter and given reduced sentences. The men found guilty of manslaughter were sentenced to branding on their hand.
Battle of Lexington reenactment: ruclips.net/video/dNBP_yv-Ahg/видео.html
LUCKY GOT THIS IN RIGHT BEFORE PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN
Everyone watching got so sucked into the performance that they almost declared war on England for real
Facts
Americans also get pretty antsy talking about the Boston massacre
United Kingdom*
@corwin11412 They are not. brilliantmaps.com/eng-gb-uk/
@Corwin11412 no they are not, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state comprised of 4 "Countries" Great Britain is a geographical term for the island containing England, Scotland, and Wales. England is the most populous and largest kingdom within the UK, which is why they are usually confused with the UK
Honestly, this video is so underrated. Can't believe there is actually a crystal clear HD video of the actual Boston Massacre. The world internet truly is crazy!
Im trying to figure out if your joking...
Are you joking
@@lolsoina Yes he is. Are you blind?
@@anonymous7022 He is
@@nerdybacon6244 I know
Imagine how awkward it is if your a British tourist and see this
I'm fine with it it's not exactly historical accurate like how they make it look like we where brutes but I'm fine with it
Lol true, just hiding in the corner, but in reality 1776 was just a civil war really, no hard feelings lasted
@@lols8844bunch of lobsters!
@@lols8844exactly! Americans make us look like monsters and yeah we did some fucked up stuff but the Americans have done similar things
@@ThirstyCamel2638You mean redcoats... right?
To reenact this is almost impossible. The reason is the fact that no one actually knows who said fire on that fateful day. Some say it was civilians who were throwing rocks and sticks at the men and said fire. Some believe the captain did out of stress. And others think that a mans gun was pushed down, causing it to fire at a man killing him. The others shot after they heard the first shot. The truth may never be known
There was also reports and testimonies of a man in black clothes telling the the soldiers to fire
@@Bountyhopperhuh adds more to that mystery on what caused the fire
It all boils down to a cowardly British military incapable of handling an angry crowd that was of their own making.
When you have power, your responsibility is to control that power responsibly.
What if an armed Marine infantry unit came into your town and took advantage of your neighbor’s and family? Posted themselves at your local supermarket with armed guns? Stayed in your home, eating your food, harassing your daughters, and using the Crown as an excuse and to shield them from having to take any responsibility for their actions? Then, when you’ve finally had enough, you and your neighbors protest them peacefully, yes angry, yelling, throwing fruit, but still unarmed… and they fire on you, killing your brother, mother, or father?
What then?
You have to look beyond the black and white.
Oh and believe me, this damn well can happen again and we’re already heading that way because of knuckleheads that refuse to go beyond the mainstream narrative and expand their thinking.
Was his last name Soros or Gates?
💀Your telling me a growing crowd of angry colonist couldn't fucking scare four people or so they were out numbered and fearing that they would get killed which would have possibly happened Im talking about the massacre were not gonna talk about them entering homes and shit Im just saying that they were fearing that they would be the ones killed by some colonist and what your basically talking about was all very much fine everywhere then so Idk man did this even make sense probably not but hey ask me to explain further@@82pythons85
"return to your homes this evening!"
"No u go home!"
im dead
"Magistrate take that mans name!"
What
The feelings never die
"First use of the 'No U' response"
~ 1770, Colorized
"I'm Samuel Adam's, beeeeatch!!"
Proud to have been part of the 250th last night. Thanks for taking great video!
You’re welcome.
I want to see this reenactment, but I wish these red coats had British accents
@@christo-gj1qk british accents were very different back in the 18th century. It all depends (just like today) where in Great Britan you were from. Likewise the "British Accent" in the colonies greatly differed from that of the mother country
cool spectacles.
@@AbrahamLincoln4 on my profile image? Thanks! they are original Iron frames
“You go home!”
“magistrate, take that man’s name!”
😂😂😂😂
Great bit of improv 😂
As an American i support john adams defense of them and i support their right to defend their lives. Just as we defended ours
A great way to put this.
Learning about future president John Adams defending the British soldiers was neat
@@alejandromaldonado6159 Indeed. He was a very sensible man
I do too. But also, screw the Brits.
that makes you a terrorist today
or a white supremacist or whatever
“You go home “ ahhhh a pure Boston citizen 👌👌😌
Where does he go since he was born in boston 😂
The characters in the crowd were actually really good, one guy was writhing in the street, it was super convincing like he had actually been shot. It’s just those little details that make it so good.
17:12 Now that's the true Bostonian patriotic spirit!
love the reenactors face
What did he do after he took that man's name???
People who ignore history are doomed to repeat it's mistakes. People who study and revere history learn from it. It's great to see history being remembered.
~ Yuri Bezmanov
Or people could careless and would like to live their life.
Guess what happened 243 years later
That's a lie and you know it. Humans are too ambitious to care and always end up thinking they will be different. I don't doubt Hitler or Stalin lacked an understanding of basic history.
Anyone gonna talk about how tall that British officer was?
@Matt in what world lol no way british and american soldiers were only that tall
Looks sharp and intimidating af. No British soldier would dare forget a salute
With that height he'd have been the grenadier company captain
@@loyalpiperwith that height he'd be accepted instantly into the old garde of the imperial forces of Napoleon. if he were french
OH MY GOD. I DIDNT EVEN REALIZE.
I love that they included the crowd.
I think the crowd included themselves.
@@anitadrink5255nah they clearly mentioned multiple times about a big crowd
The audience serves as a great extension of the performers. According to what I've read, the crowd that formed around the redcoats numbered in the hundreds.
Boston Guards preventing large group meetings during quarantine, 2020
When did quarantine started in the US
Lol
@@reeenzdyt4458 march
@@reeenzdyt4458 about a week after this. We were told 2 weeks to slow the spread. It’s been a year and 3 months
Fucking real
100% accurate
0:53 Quite a formidable looking officer!
Looks sharp af not gonna lie. If you were a British soldier, you would’ve saluted that man or absolutely regret neglecting to
Its britsquatch
None other than John Adams would defend the soldiers at trial a few months later.
Abraham Lincoln you da beard man
you da man :D
Your speeches were **MIND BLOWING**
So you still wanna send African Americans back to Africa Abe?
@@anti-loganpaul7827 your one of those guys....
You reenact these events, the very same foundation of your country, started out as a war against england, and still are capable of holding a special relationship on both sides of the atlantic ocean, despite you disagree on the events that led to the creation of your own country..... As a hispanic american I'm more than impressed, that's a level of fraternity we don't have with spain, and probably never will
Well the Hispanics were more culturally and ethnically related to the native Americans than the Spanish, while many Americans still identified as British or whatever European nation they immigrated from. I guess, maybe because of America’s immigrant nature most people identify more as the country they came from than being American while Hispanics have mostly formed their own hybrid culture that can neither be seen as Spanish or Native American
Spain has their Latin brothers France, Italy, Portugal and Romania
Britain.. FFS! 😂
You don't have the same relationship to Spain because you weren't the same people.
So called "Hispanics" have nothing to do with Spain. You are just Indigenous who learned to speak Spanish (and your dialect is very far removed European Spanish). Spaniards and Latino Americans look nothing alike whereas most Americans would easily blend in anywhere in Britain or Western Europe. A Mexican or a Venezuelan etc would look very out of place walking Madrid or Barcelona.
Thank you so much for putting this up! I was there but it was difficult to see with so many people. Much appreciated! :)
You’re welcome. You had to have gotten their a bit early to be at the front which is what I did. Still, not fun waiting a long time for this to start in the cold.
It brought tears to my eyes to see how well the reenactors and the crowd composed themselves. Even the spectator's "you go home" wasn't that out of line, or ill-recieved. I suppose I have lost that much faith in American patriotism to expect worse. God bless you all!
“The Part I took in Defence of Cptn. Preston and the Soldiers, procured me Anxiety, and Obloquy enough. It was, however, one of the most gallant, generous, manly and disinterested Actions of my whole Life, and one of the best Pieces of Service I ever rendered my Country. Judgment of Death against those Soldiers would have been as foul a Stain upon this Country as the Executions of the Quakers or Witches, anciently. As the Evidence was, the Verdict of the Jury was exactly right.” -John Adams
"Boston Massacre Reenactment"
Soldiers: Opens fire into the crowd with live rounds
No i think those are blanks
It's awesome that we still have individuals that are dedicated to demonstrating history in our modern times. So interesting and cool.
I like the historical authenticity of a thing like this being very hectic with lots of yelling. It was a product of tension, misunderstanding, and distrust. Like most historical events. Only in retrospect can we trace causes and effects. For the people there, it was just an angry, terrifying moment in time.
bostan massacre reenactment: *3 shots go off*
also bostan massacre reenactment: *8 people fall down*
the musket ball epicly went through 3 bodies
That first volley had five shots go off.
4 People died that night, and 1 died later from his wounds. Aside from that, several people did get injured.
Round balls tended to poke holes in people and just keep sailing through, which is shown in ballistics gel tests done in modern times with muskets shooting round balls. For instance, a .44 caliber black powder revolver shot a 140gr round ball at 700 fps went through 32 inches of ballistics gel. A Brown Bess musket fires a .69 caliber round ball which weighs 770gr and with a typical powder charge of 100gr of black powder, it leaves the barrel around 1,800 fps.
Therefore, it is very much plausible that it went through one person and into the next, or the next.
@@antman6707
From whence are these numbers?
I mean, you're right that a musket could easily do that--especially at close range--but the data you use is not correct for the service load used by the redcoats at the time:
the Brown Bess ball was actually ~500 grains: it's supposed to be (ideally) 14 shots to the pound, so 7,000 grains/14 = 500 grains. Actually, it adds up mathematically: you can see so here:
ultraray.com/calculator/spheres/
just type in 0.693", and it'll give you 32.4 grams (~500 grains) as the mass of a lead ball that size.
The powder charge used was set at 165 grains in 1775. The velocity was ~1,350 fps (judging from the point-blank range given at the time, which was ~300 yards, if we fire from a parapet).
That's actually a very powerful load for the time. The shot will have ~2,800 J coming out of the barrel, and it kicks quite hard, despite the heft of the musket (I know this first-hand: I fire my Brown Besses at the service load, and have chronographed it). It can easily go through 4" of pine at 50 yards (it practically destroys it), and I imagine it'll go clean through a man at that range as well.
I’m glad this video was made for clarification. You see I always thought the brawl happened after the British and Americans starting arguing over if it was called foot ball or soccer.
Thanks for posting this! So proud to be a part. Watching from the window of the Old State House but couldn't hear the dialog!
Thanks. I made sure to get their early to be at the front recording it.
@@PlacesToVisit still what a way for a bit of comedy when one guy said " u go home" that was pure gold
Fantastic work by all involved (Im friends with most of you via FB) and thank you for sharing it!
How Do I Become a British Red Coat Re-enactor
@@tacticalanimates2339 thanks for joking the cool kids team
@@tacticalanimates2339just gotta be unemployed with nothing else going for you in life.
One thing you need to understand about the Boston massacre is that the shot that started the chain reaction of musket fire amongst the crowd was not known and could have been from multiple reasons like, a person stealing the firearm of one of the sentinels and end up with a misfire, or just a warning shot over the heads of the mob. Both of these could have been plausible reasons to spark the massacre.
Incorrect!! Crispus Attucks, a sailor of mixed African and Indigenous ancestry, was the first casualty on March 5, 1770 after British soldiers fired two musket balls into his chest. Which started the Boston Massacre. They WERE NOT warning shots, misfires, ricochet, or stolen weapons.
@@wadewilson8011 cheers man, thanks for the correction.
Its sobering to actually see these events told and the real losses restated. For my whole life they were just stories in history but watching reenactments has really brought them, the men who fought and died for the country I live in today, back to life.
I love how chaotic they make it look. Of course, its played for safety, and nobody is taking aim AT each other, but for a live demonstration this is fantastic! most people who see renactors will see them march in neat lines at one another, or in quaint period-style houses... this really humanizes it, and having them screaming at one another like that reminds us that while this was a massacre, the british soldiers were probably terrified of some dude clubbing, and maybe even shooting them.
Super rekonstrukcja historyczna wydarzeń z tamtych czasów.
Not exactly accurate but good enough
Volley is too clean.. Witnesses and papers state that it was pretty ragged and not very synchronized. Still very cool, though. I never even knew there were reenactments of this event!
There was on volley, the shots where disorganized, I don’t know what video your watching
The moment you realize that we have more taxes today than we've ever had in the 1700s.
not true
because 5 dollars now is less in the 1700s
@@personwhorethinkslifechoic959 The colonists were paying a fairly small amount of tax compared to Europeans at the time. Remember that the increase taxes were caused by the war with France in America and much of it was spent defending the colonies.
@@personwhorethinkslifechoic959the colonists rebelled over a 2% tea tax. People today are fine with 40% income tax, sales tax, property tax, vehicle tax, etc. the founding fathers rebelled over far less.
Everybody gangsta til' they see something come out of the muskets
I love reenactments like this. I wish my country would do reenactments for forgotten historical events like the Battle of Bubat, which after 1357 made us like Ukraine and Russia (but 656 years later we're just throwing racist jokes at each other, not throwing grenades in the trenches).
I fuckin love this
"You go home"
- Some guy before he was shot for siding with the revolution
the police siren while they’re laying down the flowers was art
Thank you for sharing this!
You’re welcome.
So glad I made it in person. This event gave me the drive to get involved in reenacting. Now I'll be a Grenadier at the Boston tea party this year!
props to the guy who time travelled back to 1770 to record this video
This wasn’t even a massacre, it’s only called that because the Americans felt sorry for themselves. Also I love your kit, absolutely amazing!
props to the girl calling them scoundrels
They Don't Care About Anything
@@tacticalanimates2339 speak English?
America: "Liberty!"
Britain: *"Just pay your fuckin taxes dawg like god damn-"*
No-🗿
what happened to the crowd shouting "FIRE! FIRE!"
Damn your bloods, shoot me if you dare !!
Yea,this is re writing of the history
British person on the anniversary reenactments : stop this abuse
I kinda feel bad for the reenactors portraying the British troops. Like you put all the effort into learning formations, how to fire and load the weaponry, and build a character, then the moment you step out into the square people boo and yell insults at you.
They probably expected it. I wouldn't be surprised if the crowd was told to boo, as well.
that's the point
As a Brit myself, I'd be slightly disappointed if they didn't jeer at me.
It's far more enjoyable to play the bad guy.
@@stevebobmcjocksock4021 agreed
That's the point.
Man, wish we had a time machine...
*Travels* back in time to 1775 - 80
You mean 1770 but yeah
It’d be to late by then
@@forkliftcertifed123To fight in the American revolution perhaps, but not too late to slap some Slavers.
Incredible reenactment. I briefly heard about the Boston Massacre in Canadian high school, but now I'm finally seeing it. The audience being involved verbally in the angry crowd makes it even better, alongside the "you go home" line 😂. We need reenactments of everything in the NA colonial era, even events that were peaceful.
The redcoats were actually found not guilty. Kinda reasonable. It was a drunken mob that attacked them
I’m pretty sure 3 of the 8 were found guilty.
@@FimiliarGalaxy9 Two were, but majority weren’t. The two were branded with a M on their thumbs and let go
@@SouthernGentleman at least they had trials, nowdays, cops murder and a da just says it’s justified LOL more justice under “tyranny” than now, how ironic
Video will be in 4K 60fps later today. It's still being processed.
Can’t keep my eyes off the colossal British soldier
This was absolutely fantastic. I was getting into it just watching this video it was so well done.
I know I got too into it. I got too pumped up gotta 😎 down now
That’s because this is actual footage of the Boston Massacre
We were so close
Its fascinating that this event is still debated to this day!! I like how it tries and shows both sides. God bless the USA.
What really intrigues me about this particular moment in history is how both sides of the conflict played a part in the growing aggression, and makes the viewer wonder who, if anyone, is truly responsible, which in turn makes it all the more impactful.
I love it, I could watch re-enactments like these for days.
Everybody gangsta until the "dead" people don't get up
Thank you for recordin this! Did you by chance capture the Faneuil Hall reenactment of the 1873 Women's Tea Party that was performed this Saturday, December 16, 2023?
Great job reenacting such an important moment in time and history.
british: takes 5 minutes to tell a soldier to get to their post, while being crowded by a mob
Still remembered even though the event is now gone from living memory and only mentioned in history books.
The crowds reaction and the acting got me trippin. The whole time I was confused if they were for real, like if there was a sequel coming
This was such a good performance! The crowd really got into it and the actors responded well to them!
It’s crazy that lockdown would’ve started only a few weeks after this was uploaded.
When they're from Britain:
*"You go home."*
to be fair america was already a colony for a century
@@leogard8396 they still originate from great britain
@@radeus yeah i know but their home had already been america for a few generations
@@leogard8396 there considered british if you weren't born there
@@leogard8396 Already a colony for a century? You mean about 150+ years?
As someone told me ones. The least Massacry massacre of the history of massacres
@Dino king Studios eyy
Randomly found this in my recommended. Worth the find. Also that escalated quickly.
This is a reminder to us all free blooded Americans what we fought for! We owe to our ancestors who fought in this war for the fact that we now live in a free society without tax and an oppressive government.
I hope this comment was satire cuz bro...
It is rather nicely done, though I must admit, I’m always perplexed that this complex historical event is ingrained so deeply into the consciousness of every Bostonian and every New England Yankee. In our own times, Boston along with much of Massachusetts, is well renowned for being a major cultural stronghold of Irish-American Catholics. And yet, the Boston of Colonial America was about as anti-Catholic as well as anti-Irish as it gets. Indeed, colonial Boston was practically the East Belfast of it’s time. Catholics most definitely were NOT welcome there in 1770.
Ironically, most of the men of the 29th Regiment were comprised of young Irish Catholics who had enlisted in the British Army. It might not even be so absurd to suggest the likelihood that some Boston folks today might very well be able to trace their family ancestry to a member or two of the ol’ 29th. It would certainly be more likely than finding any relation to a member of the mob who attacked them that fateful night in March, that’s for sure!
I might also add that as a policeman’s son, my sympathies lie more with the British soldiers of the 29th than with the cowardly gaggle of drunkards, shifty-eyed lowlifes, and violent street urchins that aggressed towards them and provoked them. Those fellas were all young farm lads, many of them under the age of 20, who all came from the backcountry hinterlands of the Mother Country. They were tired, hungry, and homesick. The mob had absolutely no right to attack them. Those poor lads were equipped with Brown Bess flintlock muskets, capable of firing only one shot at a time, with a fairly lengthy priming and loading process; whereas the frenzied derelicts attacking them were all armed to the teeth with clubs, bricks, broken bottles, and an assortment of other weapons. Let us not forget that it was none other than Boston’s own John Adams who represented the men of Captain Preston’s regiment and got them acquitted. They were never actually convicted.
If you want an outstanding, top shelf pair of books that will show you the historical truth of this incident, I would highly recommend Eric Hinderaker’s book, “Boston’s Massacre” and Richard Archer’s “As if an Enemy’s Country: the British Occupation of Boston and the Origins of Revolution”. You won’t be disappointed!
Its good to see some people with common sense! Just because you're attacking a person because you think you're right doesn't automatically make the person wrong to fight back.
I wished I could have seen this in person but great job. I hope there's going to be a 250th reenactment of Lexington and Concord, and Bunker Hill in the future.
They did well with the acting
Great reenactment! Bravo
Plot twist: the Town and the people teleported in to the future there were confused and scared and yelling at each other
I learned recently about the uniform button ring up like that, which I never knew!
it is astonishing knowing that all those events where recordet in detail
12:56 this guy back there with the tartan pattern on his pants did a really great jobs i got goosebumps because of his scream they sound kinda real and the other guy who drag them to the window 20-30 seconds later did a great job too he tried to help him and bandage him with a piece of cloth great work its just on the background but that makes this simulation way better and gave us a feel how horrible it really can be
Actor judge: Everyone please go home this evening!
Bostonian: YOU GO HOME!
Actor judge: *Laughs* Majestrate take that man's name.
Class act. Love the crowd interaction.
Thank you for this fun, eventful evening. 🏵
That drumming was spot on tho-
Very well done ! ! !
🙂😎👍
John Adam’s represented the British soldiers in their trial, shortly after he became one of our forefathers against British rule.
I love it when the crowd watching gets in in the action
Amazing display, hopefully people will remember the significance of the reenacted events events here!
When they fired shots and people went down I actually felt angry…our history is so important and I’m so glad these people risked their lives to fight for a new country that I am so grateful to be born in.
The first shot was fired because the mob attacked the soldiers with clubs and rocks. even more horsehit when you see how many people went down, yet in actual real life only 3 died at the scene and 2 died later. pure revisionist bullshit.
@@Mmjk_12 3 people died and 8 people were wounded making 11 people "go down". This reenactment is accurate enough in that regard.
Gives you that feeling inside 🇺🇸🦅
You forgot the snowballs filled with glass and Rocks being thrown at the Red Coats
Everytime I see these reenactments I imagine Connor Kenway from AC3 running out of nowhere and slaughtering all the red coats 😂😂😂
That’s the spot where the Boston massacre happened. Boston is still in a big mess but never forget where it all started.
i like the acting in this but i dislike how it portrays the british as brutes and thugs in fact the first british soldier we see didnt in fact hit or beat up anyone that night also it says a officer gave the order to fire when in fact the shots were fired out of confusion and fear what would u do if a bunch of men were trying to assult you and were throwing rocks and stuff at you and shouting it would cause confusion and fear activating the fight or flight response and in this case they choose to stand there ground
Don't be stupid. Read some real history books.
Vladimir Stojanovic trust me mate i have
Yeah redcoats also did kinda rape colonial women and extort people. That's why we aren't required to quarter troops unless there is a war on our homefront.
@@jeffreysmith5489 What kind of books? Tell me one.
@@dustinp2932 That is wikipedia...
Being a marching band kid is watching & analyzing every step of their marching AND the drummer lol
the Massachusetts crowd booing the redcoats when they came in is so fitting and hilarious.
Americans are dumb
that was amazing1 love from portugal
Clearly not Britain oldest allie anymore
"PROUD TO HAVE TAKEN PART IN ÒUR 250 ANNIVERSARY ANNIVERSARY EVENTS!"
Glad to see that the Bostonian spirit is still alive
This feel like the wwe version of history and I absolutely love it.
Wow I never knew a reenactment like this exists. Does this mean in 2251 there's gonna be a reenactment of 9/11 too?
Bruh 🤣😂🤣🤣🤣
Not funny
What a stark contrast between period clothes and modern buildings.
Woah, I never knew they did these reenactments
Now everyone loves cops and higher taxes than king George could dream of lmao