250 and Counting: January 11, 1775

Francis Salvador was a man who is in the history books for two notable things: the day he was elected to public office, and the day he died in the Revolutionary War.

That doesn’t ordinarily make a person notable, but Salvador had the distinction of being the first person of his faith to achieve these two things.

And for our money, the place where it happened may also be notable.

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