Grab your tricorne hats and your sense of irony, because this week we’re headed to Boston — 1770 style — where a snowball fight escalated into one of the most famous “oops, we may have commited a massacre” moments in American history.  It may well be the frist time we've done this, but certainly wont be the last time this type of goofemups happens.  We break down what led to the chaos, who threw what, and how five deaths became the propaganda spark that lit a fire under colonial rebellion. 

Front and center in the story is Crispus Attucks — a freed Black man, sailor, and the first person to die for “freedom.” Yeah, you read that right. The very first casualty of American liberty wasn’t even guaranteed the rights he died for. We unpack what that means, why his legacy matters, and how Attucks’ name got both remembered and quietly rewritten in America’s favorite history highlight reel.

And since this is still school, we go full nerd mode: defining what a massacre actually is (thanks, Oxford Dictionary) and comparing it to how the U.S. defines mass murder today. By the end, you’ll know your primary from your secondary sources, and you’ll be ready to decide for yourself: was The Boston Massacre really a massacre, or just another example of history’s best PR spin?

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