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Execution at Boston Common

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She did hang as a flag
For others
To take example

(Puritan On-looker June 1, 1660)

 

As Mary Dyer hanged from the great elm tree on the Boston Common, few Puritans felt responsible for her death. Hardly anyone thought the charges against her were unjust. In fact, the on-looker expressed what most Puritans must have been thinking that day: "This is what happens to heretics."

Or - put in today's vernacular - "If you don't live like we tell you to live, we will either kick you out or kill you. Take your choice."

This is the story of Mary Dyer's choice.

 

To cite this story, using MLA Guidelines:

Bos, Carole D. "Execution at Boston Common" AwesomeStories.com. Date of access
       <http://www.awesomestories.com/famous-trials/mary-dyer>.

IN OTHER WORDS: Author. Title of story. Name of web site. Date of access <URL>.

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