These are personalized shirts and the back imprint are printed on demand. Personalization can take up to a week, but we're usually able to get it done sooner.
— Lee Wright | Founder | The History List | History Camp | The Pursuit of History
Select one of the Founders and Sons of Liberty listed, or have your name appear on the back of your jersey.
The shirt - Your choice of style and color:
- White with a 3/4 heather blue sleeves raglan shirt and red neckline: Made in the USA on a lightweight 4.4 oz shirt in a 50% cotton / 50% polyester blend. Rounded Bottom and side seamed. XS - 2XL. Pre-washed to reduce shrinkage. See size chart. If you judge the quality of your t-shirt by the thickness of the material, do not get this shirt.
Back imprint: Enter the back imprint you would like for your shirt in the Notes section of the Cart page.
The number of characters in your name will affect the size of the lettering. See, for example, "Adams" versus "Washington" in the photos.
If you are ordering shirts of different sizes or styles to be personalized, indicate the style and size for each personalization:
Also available: This design is also available as a sticker and a magnet.
Historical Background Behind the Design
"When Britain imposed the Intolerable Acts throughout the 1750s and 60s, a great number of men became extremely angry, and began to act violently against British Loyalists in the colonies. Mobs sprung up all over the colonies, reigning terror on those who remained faithful to the crown.
"One of these groupings would be a secret Boston association known as the The Loyal Nine, composed of elite gentleman, mainly law men and artisans, who met discretely to organize ways to begin to effectively oppose the actions of the crown. The Loyal Nine were responsible for putting boundaries on the rampant violence of Boston, and set limits on how far the demonstrations should progress. They actively stood against British policies they found to be immoral and unlawful, and had their hands in projects such as The Boston Tea Party.
"The original members were Henry Bass, Joseph Field, John Smith, Thomas Chase, John Avery, Stephen Cleverly, Benjamin Edes, George Trott and Thomas Crafts, but Samuel Adams would eventually become involved in the group, adopting a role as one of its leading members. John Adams, aware of his second cousin's role in the group, did not exactly approve of the methods used, and kept his distance from the organization.
"As time progressed, and frustration with the crown began to heat up in the colonies, the Loyal Nine merged into the more famous organization known as the Sons of Liberty. The members of this group were Samuel Adams, Joseph Warren, Paul Revere, Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Edes, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, John Lamb, William Mackay, Alexander McDougall, James Otis, Benjamin Rush, Isaac Sears, Haym Solomon, James Swan, Charles Thomson, Thomas Young, Marinus Willett, and Oliver Wolcott.”
From Constitution Facts from Oak Hill Publishing.
Learn more about the Sons of Liberty in this article from the Journal of American Revolution and this column from John Bell’s Boston 1775.