You say you want a revolution?

The Nye Museum says you’ve come to the right place. Some background:

In 1774, seven months before the shot heard ‘round the world, hundreds of men gathered in Sandwich Village and took a 12-mile hike east on Old King’s Highway to deliver a pointed message to their government: We don’t submit to kings.

Led by Colonel Nathaniel Freeman, the group that started in nearby Rochester swelled to more than 1,000 by the time it reached the Barnstable Courthouse.

The “Body of the People” blocked the entrance to protest a decision by King George III that took the power of local jury selection away from their town selectmen and gave it to king-appointed sheriffs. The king, they argued, had put his thumb on the scales of justice.

Their grievances against George had be

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