Dr. Joseph Warren Foundation

The Dr. Joseph Warren Foundation strives to educate the public about his life & contributions to the American Revolution. We are rebuilding & celebrating his life & legacy along with others who contributed to early American History. Dr. Warren was a Boston physician, patriot &…

Happy July 4th! We recognize those brave outnumbered colonists who had the courage to face the British army from behind the walls of their redoubt and a rail fence on Breed’s Hill to fight for life, liberty and the happiness of the American people and to achieve independence from…

"Our country is in danger, but not to be despaired of. Our enemies are numerous and powerful; but we have many friends, determining to be free, and heaven and earth will aid the resolution. On you depend the fortunes of America. You are to decide the important question, on which…

"The mistress we court is LIBERTY, and it is better to die than not obtain her." ~~Joseph Warren to Samuel Adams, June 15, 1774

On April 20, 1775, the day after the battles of Lexington and Concord, a post rider carried the news to Brooklyn, Connecticut (among other towns). As part of standard procedure, he stopped to have the message copied and signed acknowledging the town had received it. He also…

22 July 1783, Benjamin Franklin in a letter to Robert Livingston describing John Adams: "He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses."

USS Warren (APA-53) was a Sumter-class attack transport that served with the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Founding Father and American Revolutionary War hero Joseph Warren. Originally named Jean Lafitte – named for the legendary pirate, she was a…

Happy Sunday! "Portrait of General Joseph Warren (1741-75)" Painted by: Alonzo Chappel

On July 18, 1759, Joseph Warren graduated from Harvard College at the age of 18. Class rank was determined by social status. Because his father was a farmer, he ranked thirty-first in his class of forty-five entering freshmen. His dormitory, Massachusetts Hall, is the oldest…

Dr. Joseph Warren, Paul Revere, Johnny Tremain, Samuel Adams in the 1957 movie "Johnny Tremain" based on the novel by Esther Forbes.

William Dawes, Jr. was barely thirty years old when Dr. Joseph Warren sent him to ride from Boston to Lexington, Massachusetts, on the night of April 18, 1775, when it became clear that a British column was going to march into the countryside. Dawes was the first rider Warren…

A view of the Bunker Hill Monument from Copp's Hill Burying Ground in Boston. British Generals Thomas Gage and John Burgoyne watched the Battle of Bunker Hill unfold from Copp's Hill where British cannon were mounted. Imagine the buildings are gone and you have a clear view of…

Abigail "Nabby" Adams was born on July 14, 1765. She was the oldest child and only surviving daughter of John and Abigail Adams. While living in London, Nabby fell in love with and married William Stephens Smith in 1786, former aide-de-camp to George Washington and future New…

The original Green Dragon Tavern, in operation as early as 1712 and located on Union Street in Boston’s North End, attracted customers with a metal (possibly copper) sign in the shape of a dragon over its door. It was a community center with the tavern downstairs. In January…

Good Friday! The statue of Dr. Joseph Warren erected at his gravesite in Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts by the 6th Masonic District Massachusetts Freemasons for the namesake of their Distinguished Service Medal, Most Worshipful Joseph Warren, October 22, 2016

The USS Warren was one of 13 frigates authorized by the Continental Congress on 13 December 1775 and named for Dr. Joseph Warren on 06 June 1776. She was heavily armed and took several prizes on her cruises. Warren was burned to prevent capture in the ill-fated Penobscot…

This is King's Chapel in Boston where Dr. Joseph Warren's funeral was held on April 8, 1776. The Anglican church was founded in 1686 and originally built as a wooden structure. The current stone structure, once called The Stone Chapel, was built in 1754. If you go, you can feel…

The steeple of the Old North Church peeking over the trees.

On June 17, 2025, Warren County Ohio unveiled a new statue of their namesake, Dr. Joseph Warren. It is the only statue of Warren depicted as a physician and only one of two outside the Boston area (the other is in Warren, PA). The commemoration was held at General Warren Park and…

The twenty-two squares in Savannah, Georgia, are primarily named after prominent figures in American history, including politicians, historical events and Revolutionary War heroes. Among the squares named after Revolutionary War heroes are: *Joseph Warren *Marquis de Lafayette…

The painter John Singleton Copley was born in Boston, Massachusetts on July 3, 1738. Boston’s Copley Square is named after him. What is little known about him was that he was involved with the Boston Tea Crisis in December 1773. His father-in-law, Richard Clarke and his sons were…