The Malden Instructions with Linda Thorsen and Tom Coots

 Linda Thorsen and Tom Coots take us to Malden, whose Town Meeting on May 27, 1776 unanimously supported independence.  The Malden Instructions boldly  announced the town's support for  independence from Great Britain—weeks before the Continental Congress would adopt the Declaration of Independence.

Thorsen and Coots examine the political climate, local leadership, and community resolve that produced one of the earliest formal calls for independence. The Malden Resolves reflect the broader transformation taking place across Massachusetts in 1776, as towns moved from protest to outright revolution.

This pivotal yet often overlooked moment reminds us that the drive for independence was not born in a single hall, but in towns and communities where people made the courageous decision to chart a new course for the future.