New Page #24!
Sorry, Aunt Mary, Joseph is in it for the long haul.
Tensions in Boston in early 1775 were at an all time high. Boston’s ports had been closed as punishment for the “Destruction of the Tea,” the despised Governor Hutchinson had been replaced by a military man, General Gage, and the Regular Army was back in town for it’s second round of occupation. And down in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress had been meeting– all thirteen colonies united, making decisions collectively instead of as separate entities for the first time. Things were changing in America.
And the gaps were getting wider.
History buffs put your thinking caps on: Can you guess what Aunt Mary might be trying to talk Joseph Warren out of doing?
Well, Happy Valentine’s Day! From Colonial Williamsburg I learned a few fun facts about 18th Century Valentine’s traditions. From their website: “Colonial women wrote their lovers’ names on bits of paper, rolled them in clay, and put them into a vessel of water; the first that rose to the top was their valentine.” Another I read was pinning a bay leaf to each corner of your pillow, and one in the center on the night before Valentine’s Day, and if you dreamed of your sweetie, you were sure to be married by year’s end. And one more custom described on the site is that “the first person you lay eyes on Valentine’s morning becomes your spouse. As a love-smitten lass wrote: ‘Would you think it? Mr. Blossom was my man. I lay abed and shut my eyes all the morning, till he came to our house, for I would not have seen another man before him for all the world.’ ”
(I’m fairly certain 18th Century Bea tried all of these in hopes of pinning down Alan!)
Well since there is nothing romantic about today’s update, I thought I’d do something special for the voting incentive.
VOTE to download a special Dreamer Valentine’s Day wallpaper!
i love the wallpaper! And I’m guessing…Lexington and Concord?
BTW, when will you update the characters page?
She is trying to talk him out of going to Bunker Hill! *runs off and cries*
JOSEPH! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! *Floods the comments page with tears* This is SO not happening!
OOPs. He he. I am just spaasing out on a Tuesday night. Forgive me folks! Sorry!
Lexington and Concord aren’t till April, and Bunker Hill isn’t till June. The closest event involving Joseph would probably be Paul Revere’s ride.
Yeah, I know.. I just realized that. I did not read the page first. It was not until I read it that I realized my mistake. Hence my repeated comments. Sorry about that.
What she is probably talking about is his appointment as president of the provincial Congress which was in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Whoops – didn’t see this comment. Forgive my, um, “correction”
Paul Revere’s midnight ride was the night before Lexington and Concord, though….
Let’s see….this would be around the time of the midnight ride, no? So yeah…Aunt Mary might know about that and not be too happy about her eldest baby being in the middle. The only other thing I can think of though…isn’t the toga coming up soon????
I’ll be wearing my toga for the toga page. If I can find it. O.o
Wait – toga?? O.o *really wants to see that now* XD
Who needs a toga? Just grab a bedsheet and/or a towel and wrap creatively.
Wait…what’s this about a toga? I feel like I missed out on some American history inside joke now….
Yeah, really. What’s up with that?
Well, Joseph Warren gave a speech on the commemoration of the “Massacre”. The speech was mainly drawing parallels between Rome and Great Britain; among many other points of interest dealing with the present situation of America which escape my mind at present. Hence the Toga. Also, because the church he would be giving the speech in was crowded with people, he had to climb a ladder up to a window near the pulpit and enter that way. Quite a difficult feat to accomplish with a Toga I imagine!
lol – good thing people wear togas OVER their clothes, then! Even in Ancient Roman times. Seriously, I’ve had people ask me – I volunteer at a museum – whether togas would expose too much and I’m like, “No…because you’d always be wearing a tunic underneath.”
It is really wrong that reading these pages, all serious and into it, that when I got to the last line:
“You may call it providence, but I’ll call it Sam Adams!”
before I can help myself THIS pops into my head:
“That would be an AWESOME line for a beer commercial.”
*headdesk*
HELP, I’VE BEEN CORRUPTED!!!
….No you haven’t. oh…and since I’m now sick and I know you have been for like the past week, I blame you XP
Stomach virus? I didn’t know those were transmittable via facebook…
must be one of those computer viruses we’re always being warned about… :)
*LE GASP*
lol and Idk what this is…all I know is I passed out for like 4 hours and just woke up a little while ago…I’m not sure but it was possibly passed via Jerry…>;)
I have it too. I’ve been on the couch all week. Spent Valentine’s Day blowing my nose and watching TV…
See Caera? Not just me.
I thought the same thing!!
But I’m a Guinness girl myself, so.
I don’t even DRINK! lol
Don’t think of it as a drink. More like… bread in a glass. Mmm.
That’s what everyone says. I still think of it as GROSS. lol
I’ve found maybe one alcoholic beverage that I can stand and it was a Japanese cherry and vanilla wine of some sort that I can’t even remember the name of…
I thought the same thing and I hate the taste of beer! :D
It just shows how awesome you are. :) Although, Sam Adams is not my favorite beer. I tend to prefer the British and Irish beers (don’t tell Alan!). ;)
Alan prefers New England Rum. What did you think was in his canteen..?
yay for the voting incentive!!! And the comic update was good too ;p
I love grumpy-faced Samuel. That’s so me whenever something serious is being talked about ’round the kitchen table… “Why can’t everybody just STAY HOME and be SAFE and HAPPY?” :(
Who’s sitting at the table, though? John? I can’t quite tell.
Ebenezer! John lives in Salem.
Aha! Now I see it.
God, I love this page (other than for the Obvious Reason, of course). The lighting, the different angles and views of the brothers – we’re literally in the middle of it. I’ve always imagined what it would be like to try to talk Joseph out of anything, and I always saw myself losing.
But yes, I think a toga is in his future. (That’s when they all dance to “Shout” by Otis Day & the Nights, right?)
FAN ART!!!!!!!!
OK, THAT I’ve gotta see! And try to include Bea and Milly while you’re at it!
Speaking of Bea, have we already passed the time when Alan pushed her off the wharf for flirting with the Watson boys? If so, to bad, because THAT would have been a sight to see!
This is such a good page! But it just makes me want to give Mary Warren a great big hug. She’s so worried, and she doesn’t even know what’s going to HAPPEN YET. *gross sobbing*
In other news, the VI is adorable! Alan and Bea are my new lovely computer background :)
Is she trying to talk him out of the incident where the Boston shippers refuse to unload a boat of tea? That was the only thing I had written down in my AP U.S. His notes for 1775 that could possibly be it. ^.^
And: OH MY GOSH LORA, this page is WONDERFUL. I don’t know how you did it but you displayed the tension SO PERFECTLY. I felt my muscles tense and I could hear the flames crackling in the fire. It’s so great….*whimper*
The Boston Tea Party was December 1773. So it has already happened at this point. There was too much going on in Boston during Alan’s lifetime for me to cover it all. Who knows- upcoming Dreamer short story? Perhaps!
NO-HO-HO-HOOOOOO!!! Sad John is sad and it’s 1775 and that’s when another bad thing and this is probably the last time they see him and this whole update is NOOOO!!! X”-(
Now that that mess is out…..can we have the VI as a wallpaper? X-)
Also, replace John with Ebenezer. Still sad, though.
It is a wallpaper Brent! It’s 1600 x 1200. Enjoy!
Dammit! Curse my lack of a computer! (PS3 user in the hizzy, y’all)
This brings a very sad meaning to “Mothers know best” when you look at things from Mary’s point of view. BAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLLLL.
I really like this page, as I love all the tension you see between the characters. It’s really realistic for the dynamics of a family of this nature, I think – everyone’s arguing, but they’re arguing because they LOVE each other.
That being said…this is when this Canuck is stumped. I know about the events of April 1775 and June 1775 specifically as far as Joseph Warren is concerned. But February 1775…I’m stuck.
So, apparently a provincial congress was held in Cambridge, MA around the beginning of February 1775 where John Hancock and Joseph Warren advocated stockpiling weapons and ammunition and creating rapid-response civilian militias. The English parliament declared Massachusetts to be in a state of rebellion on February 9, and Governor Gage sent an expedition to Salem to seize military stores on February 26. Gage’s forces ran into a local militia, but the conflict was resolved peacefully.
I’m not entirely sure about my sources, though, and I haven’t done the American Revolution in about six years, so further confirmation would be appreciated!
Well, I’m not telling! You all will find out in the next scene.
Oh, forgive me, I didn’t mean the Tea Party. I knew that. ^.^ There was another incident in 1775 that my teacher had us write down, where basically they just refused to unload the cargo but then they were eventually forced too.
Dangit, that was meant to be a reply…….
Wow… HAI EVERYBODY! :) Sorry I kinda vanished….. I still stalk through the comic, but havent been able to comment! Busy busy and all that jazz…
Loving the update, the colors, the tension…it’s cool how it’s happening in february, just like real time :D
I feel bad for whichever Warren was in the first and last panel. I certainly understand what it’s like to be in the middle of arguing family members and unable to pick sides.
Too bad Joe didn’t listen to his mum… *sniff…*
Ok so I’ve stayed up the past two nights until a ridiculous time and I am now up to date with the entire series. As a Brit I can say I can say I didn’t learn much about the revolution; although through not only the comic but also being inspired to look into it more I am getting a better idea about it. Now on a more serious note… I neeeeeed more story….. Much obliged.