On February 4, 1787, Daniel Shays and his rebel army of beleaguered farmers were defeated by a hired army in the town of Petersham, Massachusetts. A small granite monument, critical of Shays, marks the spot of the final battle. Shays' Rebellion was defeated, though it helped to scare into being a new Constitution for the United States.
Two hundred years later, the country was experiencing recession and agricultural bankruptcies. My Lincoln-Sudbury colleague Thom Thacker and I decided that Petersham needed an alternative monument. On the bi-centennial anniversary of the very day that the rebels were routed, we presented one to the town. On the freezing cold morning of February 4, 1987, after a brief ceremony, which featured comments by the only full-time farmer left in Petersham, the alternative monument was gratefully accepted by members of the town's historical society.
This moment was marked by a song specially written for the occasion and sung by a friend and two Lincoln-Sudbury students.
It took two centuries, but the good guys were finally acknowledged in Petersham's "Battle Of The Monuments."
because it shocked congress into alling for a constitutional convention
Shay's rebellion is remembered today because it shocked Congress into calling a Constitutional Convention and also showed how well the Articles of Confederation worked.
Shays' rebellion was an important step in history because it was a step to our government today. Daniel Shays saw that something was wrong with his government and he strived to fix it.
He is remembered today for dscovering part of California
Because He was Boss
I think they wanted a more powerful government Maybe they also wanted a more powerful economy As far as I know Shays Rebellion just showed that the government under the articles of confederation was powerless because it gave states the power not the over all government. As a result of a powerless government, federal troops had trouble controlling the rebellion. Today we have the constitution which the federal government for power then the state government.
Christopher Columbus is remembered today because of discovering the West Indies.
Vera Brittan is remembered today because she was a nurse in the first world war and that she went to oxford university.
Because of all of his paintings
For her selfishness and because of her beautiful nails
because he died of seeing your face
Because Beethoven is one of the greatest composers and musicians that ever lived and because his scores were among the best of that time that he lived in and they are still remembered today as old classics.
Pericles is remembered today because his name has become synonymous with thePeloponnesian war, fifth century Greece, Classical Athens and Anthenian democracy