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Machias and the Margaretta
1775
Machias, Maine
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Weeks after Lexington, the lumbermen of Machias refused a British demand for lumber, chased the armed sloop Margaretta down the bay in a commandeered merchant vessel, and took her by boarding with axes and pitchforks. It was the first naval engagement of the Revolution, fought by a town of a few hundred. The tavern where they voted to fight, Burnham Tavern, still stands and still makes the case that Machias started the naval war.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
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