On May 19th, 2019, The Hingham Historical Commission held its annual Grape Island Commemoration Day. A series of presentations were given and a re-enactment of the event itself took place with the Hingham Militia.
Background:
On May 21, 1775 a party of British Soldiers and Marines sailed two sloops and a schooner to Grape Island to obtain supplies from the farm of Loyalist Elisha Leavitt. Hingham's Militia responded and began firing on the British from shore until the incoming tide allowed them to row out to the island. As reinforcements arrived from other South Shore towns, the British escaped from the other side of Grape Island. Thus ended the second battle of the American Revolution and the first battle in what became known as the "Provision Wars".
