Tentative context: This meme seems to reference the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770, and the mystery of who fired the first shot.
It remains unclear who fired the first shot during the Boston Massacre
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jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
If you had stuck around long enough, you could have watched John Adams do some top tier lawyering as the defense attorney for the British soldiers.