“On June 1, 1660, at nine o’clock, Mary Dyer again set out from the jail for the gallows on Boston Common, surrounded by a strong military guard.
As she stood upon the fatal ladder, she was told if she would return home, she might come down and save her life. “Nay,” she replied, ” I cannot ; for in obedience to the will of the Lord God I came, and in His will I abide faithful to the death.” Captain John Webb, the commander of the military, said to her that she had been there before, and had the sentence of banishment on pain of death, and had broken the law in coming again now, as well as formerly, and therefore she was guilty of her own blood. ” Nay,” she replied, ” I came to keep blood-guiltiness from you, desiring you to repeal the unrighteous and unjust law of banishment upon pain of death, made against the innocent servants of the Lord, therefore my blood will be required at your hands who willfully do it; but for those that do it in the simplicity of their hearts, I do desire the Lord to forgive them. I came to do the will of my Father, and in obedience to his will I stand even to the death.” Then her old Puritan pastor, the Rev. Mr. Wilson, bade her repent, and be not so deluded and carried away by the deceit of the devil. To which she replied, “Nay, man, I am not now to repent.” Being asked whether she would have the Elders pray for her, she replied, “I know never an Elder here.” They asked whether she would have any of the people pray for her? She responded, ” I desire the prayers of all the people of God.” Some scoffingly said, “It may be she thinks there are none here.” Looking about, she said, “I know but few here.” Then they spoke to her again, that one of the Elders might pray for her. She replied, “Nay, first a child, then a young man, then a strong man, before an Elder of Christ Jesus.” And more she spake of the eternal happiness into which she was about to enter; and then, without tremor or trepidation, she was swung off, and the crown of martyrdom descended upon her head. Thus died
brave Mary Dyer. Her remains were buried on Boston Common, and there they now rest in an unknown grave.”

From: Mary Dyer of Rhode Island, the Quaker martyr that was hanged on Boston common, June 1, 1660 by Horatio Rogers. Published in 1896
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Band 6th Cav. Mounted at Ft. Niobrara

June 1, 1894

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A photo from 1937 of the oldest working lighthouse in America, Sandy Hook Light in New Jersey.

On June 1, 1776 American Revolutionaries attempted to extinguish the light with cannon when it was under British control.

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A map of Kentucky and Tennessee that was issued in 1832…

On June 1, 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state.

On June 1, 1796 Tennessee became the 16th state.

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A drawing of regimental headquarters near Belleau Wood, France

On June 1, 1918 the Battle of Belleau Wood began.

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All That Was Left of His Home after the Tulsa Race Riot

June 1, 1921

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Main Street – Creede, Colorado

– June 1, 1892

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Willow Ptarmigan nest, Savage River, Alaska, June 1, 1926

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On today’s date June 1, 1813: U.S. Navy Captain James Lawrence of Burlington, New Jersey was mortally wounded by British gunfire when his ship, the USS Chesapeake met the HMS Shannon.

The command he gave: “Don’t give up the ship. Fight her till she sinks!”

Sadly, Captain Lawrence died from his wounds three days later.

“Never let a day so pass that you will have cause to say, ‘I will live better to-morrow’…”

– Brigham Young who was born on June 1, 1801 in Whitingham, Vermont

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The first Catholic priest honored by the U.S. Postal Department, Jacques Marquette, was born in France on June 1, 1637.

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Andy Griffith was born on June 1, 1926 in Mount Airy, North Carolina.

Andy was a high school music and drama teacher before he became a celebrity.

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Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jeane Mortenson was born on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles, California.

Image: Marilyn Monroe as an infant
She’s about 6 months old here which would date the image around December 1926

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Born June 1, 1937 in Memphis and raised in Mississippi Morgan Freeman’s career as an actor and narrator began in 1964 after serving in the US Air Force. The winner of numerous awards, some of his memorable roles were in “Glory,” “Unforgiven,” “Million Dollar Baby,” and “The Shawshank Redemption.”

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