{"id":418,"date":"2025-03-11T14:24:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T18:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/sudbury250\/?p=418"},"modified":"2025-03-11T14:26:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T18:26:16","slug":"sudbury-history-before-the-revolution","status":"public-archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/sudbury250\/2025\/03\/11\/sudbury-history-before-the-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudbury History: Before the Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Wayland and Sudbury and the Dawn of the American Revolution<\/h3>\n<h4>Presentation by Jane Sciacca<\/h4>\n<p>On April 19, 1775, more than 300 men from Sudbury (modern Wayland and Sudbury) marched off to Concord to confront British troops on the first day of the American Revolution. What led to their brave deeds that day? What manner of town did they leave, not knowing whether they would ever see it again? What about those left behind that day who could only wonder and wait? Meet the men and women as they transition from proud Englishmen to patriotic American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-453\" src=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/sudbury250\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/400\/2025\/03\/250-event-03.16.25-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/sudbury250\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/400\/2025\/03\/250-event-03.16.25-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/sudbury250\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/400\/2025\/03\/250-event-03.16.25-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/sudbury250\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/400\/2025\/03\/250-event-03.16.25-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/sudbury250\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/400\/2025\/03\/250-event-03.16.25-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/sudbury250\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/400\/2025\/03\/250-event-03.16.25.jpg 1545w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sudbury01776.org\/index.htm\">Sudbury Historical Society<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waylandmuseum.org\/\">Wayland Historical Society<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, March 16, 2025 at 4 PM in Martha Mary Chapel (Wayside Inn Grounds)<br \/>\nPresentation by Jane Sciacca <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/sudbury250\/2025\/03\/11\/sudbury-history-before-the-revolution\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about Sudbury History: Before the Revolution\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/sudbury250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/sudbury250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/sudbury250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/sudbury250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/sudbury250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/sudbury250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":454,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/sudbury250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions\/454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/sudbury250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/sudbury250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/sudbury250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/sudbury250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}