| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — “Old Ironsides” in Dry Dock 1 — Boston Nat’l Hist Pk — Charleston Navy Yard |
| | USS Constitution first entered Dry Dock 1 in 1833. Though she was the first ship to test the new dry dock system, the tough oak hull of “Old Ironsides” had already seen several repairs. To rebuild the ship, woodworkers selected the best wood for each ship part, such as longleaf yellow pine for decking, and white oak for planking. Sawyers and hewers prepared the wood pieces. Carpenters connected the hull pieces with wood treenails, and caulkers sealed the hull with pitch and . . . — Map (db m18488) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — A Riot, the Massacre, and the Tea Party |
| | From 1769-1776 Boston was the flashpoint for events leading up to the American Revolution. On February 22, 1770, a crowd gathered around the house and shop of a Tory sympathizer and customs agent, Ebenezer Richardson. When they started pelting the house with snowballs and debris, Richardson shot his gun into the crowd, hitting 12-year-old Christopher Snyder (or Christian Seider) in the stomach. Snyder died that night and was buried at Granary after a large funeral procession orchestrated by . . . — Map (db m18766) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — African Americans at Copp’s Hill |
| | The first mention of Africans arriving in Boston is in Governor John Winthrop’s diary entry of February 26, 1638, in which he states: “Mr. Peirce, in the Salem Ship, the Desire, returned from the West Indies . . . and brought some cotton, and tobacco, and negroes, etc.” For the next 145 years, the majority of Africans and African Americans who came to Boston were brought in bondage as part of the region’s lucrative slave trade. Boston was one of New England’s premier slave . . . — Map (db m21011) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — American Redoubts |
| | Location of the American Redoubts on Dorchester Heights which compelled the evacuation of Boston by the British Army March 17 – 1776. — Map (db m17960) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Arrival of the Frigate Arbella |
| | To commemorate the arrival on June 12, 1630 of the Frigate Arbella, bringing Governor Winthrop and the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, This tablet placed by the Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution — Map (db m18079) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Benjamin Franklin |
| | Front of Monument: Born in Boston, 17 January, 1706. Died in Philadelphia, 17 April, 1790. Right Side of Monument: Treaty of Peace and Independence 3 September, 1783 Rear of Monument: Eripuit Colo Tulmen Sceptrumque Tyrannis. Left Side of Monument: Declaration of American Independence 4 July, 1776 — Map (db m18506) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Boston Common |
| | In or about the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred thirty and four the then present inhabitants of said Town of Boston of whom the Honble John Winthrop Esqr Govnr of the Colony was chiefe did treate and agree with Mr William Blackstone for the purchase of his Estate and rights in any Lands lying within said neck of Land called Boston after which purchase the Town laid out a plan for a trayning field which ever since and now is used for that purpose and for the feeding of cattell. The . . . — Map (db m18505) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Boston Common — Founded 1634 |
| | Neighborhood of Revolution “Paul Revere . . . started on a ride which, in a way has never ended.” - Esther Forbes, author of the classic study, Paul Revere and the World He Lived In In the course of just two pivotal days – April 18 and 19, 1775 – the preceding years of unrest burst into insurrection. Paul and Rachel Revere, plus several of their sixteen children, lived in an old house in what is now Boston’s oldest neighborhood, the North End. Paul was a . . . — Map (db m19101) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Boston Common — Founded 1634 |
| | The Common an Historic Overview In 1634, only four years after John Winthrop and the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony settled the Shawmut Peninsula and created the town of Boston, these colonists bought a 48-acre tract of land on the lower slopes of Beacon Hill. Purchased from Reverend William Blackstone, an Anglican hermit who had been the area’s sole inhabitant for nearly a decade, the land was immediately set aside as an English-style “commonage,” or common area for . . . — Map (db m19160) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Boston Public Latin School |
| | On this spot stood the First House erected for the use of the Boston Public Latin School. This School has been constantly Maintained since it was Established by the following Vote of the town: At a General meeting upon Public Notice it was agreed upon that our Brother Philemon Pormort shall be entreated to become Schoolmaster for the teaching and nurturing of Children with us April 13, 1635 — Map (db m18509) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Breed’s Hill |
| | --------------- Site of the Battle of Bunker Hill fought June 17, 1775 --------------- Although orders were issued by the Committee of Safety to seize and fortify Bunker Hill the colonial officers after consultation fortified this hill on June 16, 1775. — Map (db m17974) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Bunker Hill Monument |
| | “Don’t fire ‘til you see the whites of their eyes.” The Battle of Bunker Hill, fought here on Breed’s Hill, June 17, 1775, was the first major military confrontation of the Revolutionary War. Although the British won the battle – at a terrible cost – it was a great moral victory for the Patriots, who prayed that they would and could stand up against the British regulars. This monument of Quincy granite, built between 1825 and 1843, stands today as a memorial . . . — Map (db m18094) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Captain Robert Keayne |
| | Born in Windsor England 1595 Member of the Honourable Artillery Company of London 1623 Devoted citizen of Boston from 1635 to death in 1656 Liberal contributor for a town library for the maintenance of a free schoolmaster, for introducing pure water to Boston and for the foundation of Harvard College. Founder of the first town house located where Old State House now stands. Founder and first commander 1638 of the oldest military organization in America, the Ancient and Honorable Artillery . . . — Map (db m18514) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Colonial Craftsmen |
| | Until a few decades before the American Revolution, Boston was the largest port in the British colonies. It thrived on maritime trade, shipbuilding, and the work of hundreds of craftspeople. While the tombs of the rich merchants and politicians ring the burial ground, the majority of the gravestones belong to the skilled and unskilled workers of colonial Boston and their families. Nathaniel Hurd (1730-1777) and Benjamin Hurd (1739-1781) were engravers, silversmiths, and goldsmiths. . . . — Map (db m18795) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Commodore John Barry — “Father of the American Navy” |
| | Born in Wexford Ireland 1745 Died in Philadelphia 1803 Received first commission from the Continental Congress to command the Lexington 1775 Sailed from Boston on the Raleigh 1778 Acclaimed in Boston in 1780 for victories on the Alliance Appointed in 1794 by President Washington to plan the construction of and later to be in command of first U.S. Navy Launched 1798 Erected by the City of Boston James M. Curley, Mayor 1949 “Tablet restored by the George B. Henderson Foundation, . . . — Map (db m18076) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Connecticut Gate |
| | June 17, 1775 He who brought us over still sustains us. Connecticut American Revolution Bicentennial Commission South Marker:
General Israel Putnam of Connecticut helped decide to fortify the Charleston peninsula and with Captain Thomas Knowlton commanded Connecticut’s forces. Captain Knowlton’s company held the rail fence and helped to cover the colonial retreat from the redoubt. — Map (db m18654) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Copp’s Hill and the American Revolution |
| | In the 18th century, Copp’s Hill was higher than it stands today. On April 23, 1775, just a few days after the battles of Lexington and Concord, British Admiral Samuel Graves received General Gage’s permission to construct a redoubt on Copp’s Hill to protect his ships from rebel fire from Charleston. His seaman dragged six 24-pound cannons up the hill and built a temporary battery above the burying ground to the southwest (across the intersection of Hull and Snow Hill streets.) At 9:00 am on . . . — Map (db m18867) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Copp’s Hill Burying Ground — Freedom Trail |
| | Stroll round among the graves . . . lean on the free stone slab which lies over the bones of the Mathers . . . read the epitaph of stout William Clark, ‘Despiser of Sorry Persons and little Action’ . . . stand by the stone grave of sturdy Daniel Malcolm and look upon the splintered slab that tells the old rebel’s story. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, the Professor at the Breakfast Table, 1859. — Map (db m18073) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Copp's Hill Burying Ground |
| | In the 1630s, the northern-most slope of the Shawmut Peninsula (or Boston) was a prominent landmark. Settlers soon discovered its strategic overlook of the Harbor and of the Charles River to the west and found the steep hillock well-protected from the “three great annoyances, of Woolves, Rattle-snakes and Musketos.” The settlers first built a wind-powered grinding mill here and called the slope, Windmill Hill. Later it was known as Snowhill and finally Copp's Hill.
William Copp, . . . — Map (db m12218) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Dorchester Heights — March 1776 |
| | As the final act of an eleven month siege, the Continental Army occupied these heights and forced the evacuation of British troops from Boston on March 17, 1788 – General George Washington’s first victory in the American Revolution. — Map (db m17959) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Dorchester Heights — National Historic Site |
| | These heights, commanding the harbor and town of Boston on the south, were seized and fortified by troops of the Continental Army and local militia under General John Thomas on the night of March 4, 1776. By this arduous night’s labor, and further strengthening of defenses, the position of the British troops under siege in the town became untenable. There followed the evacuation of Boston by the British under General Howe on March 17, 1776. This was the first great strategic success of the . . . — Map (db m17961) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Dry Dock 1 — Boston Nat’l Hist Pk — Charleston Navy Yard |
| | This stone and metal structure is Dry Dock 1, completed in 1833. As one of America’s first two granite dry docks, Dry Dock 1 made the repair of large naval ships faster, easier, and safer. Returning warships to sea duty in less time was a crucial gain for a young nation with a limited budget and a small navy. Costing more than $1.5 million, the dry docks here in Charleston and Norfolk, Virginia, were the largest civil works projects the federal government had ever undertaken. They proved that . . . — Map (db m18490) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Ebenezer Hancock House — A Designated Boston Landmark |
| | The Ebenezer Hancock House, built in 1767, is the only remaining house in Boston associated with John Hancock. He owned the house but it was lived in by his brother Ebenezer, who was Deputy Paymaster General of the Continental Army. This is one of the few downtown residences surviving from the late 18th century. From 1798 to 1963 the country’s oldest continuously run shoe store occupied the building’s first floor. — Map (db m18092) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Family Memorials |
| | Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston in 1707, son of Josiah Franklin (1657-1745), tallow chandler, and his second wife, Abiah (Folger) (1667-1752). After his parent’s deaths, Franklin created a modest memorial to them with an inscription which said:Josiah Franklin and Abiah his wife lie here interred They lived lovingly together in wedlock fifty-five years and without an estate or any gainful employment by constant labor and honest industry maintained a large family comfortably and . . . — Map (db m18780) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Faneuil Hall — A Designated Boston Landmark |
| | Known as America’s “Cradle of Liberty” Faneuil Hall was a central location for organized protests against British tyranny prior to the American Revolution. Given to Boston in 1742 by Peter Faneuil and designed by the painter John Smibert, it was enlarged by Charles Bulfinch in 1805. The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company has been headquartered on the top floor since 1746. Following English custom, a public meeting hall still sits atop a marketplace. Shem Drownw’s grasshopper . . . — Map (db m18067) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Faneuil Hall |
| | This is Faneuil Hall the Cradle of Liberty built and given to the town of Boston by Peter Faneuil ***** 1742 ***** Still used by a free people 1930 — Map (db m18088) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — From Colonial Burying Ground to Victorian Park |
| | When Copp’s Hill was first established as the “North Burying Ground,” it was just below the summit of one of Boston’s highest hills. Looking north over the colonial wharves one could see the towns of Charleston and Chelsea and the confluence of the Charles and Mystic Rivers. There were no trees in the burying ground, as all were cut down for buildings and firewood. The gravestones were placed either in family groups or haphazardly throughout the field. In the 1710s, the first tombs . . . — Map (db m18901) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Garden Court Street — North End |
| | This street was long noted for its gardens and governors. At No. 4, opposite the site of Governor Hutchinson’s mansion, lived one of Boston’s “Irish governors,” John J. (“Honey Fitz”) Fitzgerald, ward boss, congressman and mayor. His daughter, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, beloved Bostonian and mother of President John F. Kennedy, was born here. — Map (db m18072) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — MA-28 — Gen. Henry Knox Trail |
| | At this place the cannon brought by General Henry Knox from Fort Ticonderoga to deliver to General George Washington in the winter of 1775 – 1776 were used to force the British Army to evacuate Boston. Erected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1927 — Map (db m17958) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Granary Burying Ground — 1660 |
| | Within this ground are buried John Hancock, Samuel Adams and Robert Treat Paine, signers of the Declaration of Independence; Governors Richard Bellingham, William Dummer, James Bowdoin, Increase Sumner, James Sullivan and Christopher Gore; Lieut. Governor Thomas Cushing; Chief Justice Samuel Sewall; Ministers John Baily, Samuel Willard, Jeremy Belknap and John Lathrop. — Map (db m18711) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Gravestone Art: Skulls, Wings, and Other Symbols |
| | Most of the gravestones in Copp’s Hill Burying Ground are upright stone markers placed before 1825. The quality and complexity of the carving depended on the skill of the carver and the budget of the person buying the memorial. The majority of the 100 headstones in and around this circle have one of three symbols or carving as shown on the map. Smaller footstones often repeat the symbols or have only the name or initials of the deceased. Winged Skull or Death’s Head: The winged skull is . . . — Map (db m18934) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Gravestone Carving |
| | In early Boston when someone died, their family or friends indicated their burial site with a marker for remembrance. Often the deceased had already ordered their gravestone before their death. Gravestones were carved by masons, stonecutters, painters, and other craftsmen with artistic skills. As you walk through the burying ground you can see particular styles that indicate the same carver at work. Only a few carvers signed their work with their initials. The first and cheapest grave markers . . . — Map (db m18783) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Green Dragon Tavern — Boston |
| | Near this spot the Green Dragon Tavern The secret meeting place of the Sons of Liberty and in the words of Webster the Headquarters of the Revolution To mark a site forever memorable as The birthplace of American Freedom This Tavern is restored to its rightful place on Boston’s Freedom Trail June 1993 — Map (db m18091) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Huguenots, Women, and Tories |
| | In the 17th century, religious persecution led to the immigration of large numbers of French Protestants (known as Huguenots) to Massachusetts. Gravestones of the Cazneau, Johonnat, Revere, and Sigourney families can be found throughout Granary. Today, Paul Revere and Peter Faneuil are the most well known Huguenot descendants. Peter Faneuil (Funnel) (1700-1743), West Indies merchant and slave trader, inherited his Uncle Andrew Faneuil’s (d. 1738) fortune after . . . — Map (db m18776) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — In Commemoration |
| | Presented by
The City Of Boston
on the 200th Anniversary of the
Boston Tea Party
to
Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum
Designating This As The
Official Tea Party Site
Kevin H. White
Mayor
December 16, 1973 — Map (db m6324) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — James Otis |
| | Here lies buried James Otis Orator and Patriot of the Revolution Famous for his argument against Writs of Assistance Born 1725 – Died 1783 Massachusetts Society – Sons of the Revolution 1808 — Map (db m18721) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Josiah and Abiah Franklin |
| | Josiah Franklin and Abiah his wife lie here interred. They lived lovingly together in wedlock fifty-five years, and without an estate, or any gainful employment, by constant labor and honest industry, maintained a large family comfortably, and brought up thirteen children and seven grandchildren respectably. From this instance, reader, be encouraged to diligence in thy calling, and distrust not providence. He was a pious and prudent man; She a discreet and virtuous woman. Their youngest son, in . . . — Map (db m19280) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — King’s Chapel |
| | Founded 1686 its first building was the first Church of England in Boston The corner stone of the present building was laid August 11, 1749 After the Revolution it became the first Unitarian Church in the United States — Map (db m18083) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — King’s Chapel Burial Ground — 1630 |
| | Left Marker: Here were buried Governors of Massachusetts John Winthrop 1649, John Endicott 1665, John Leverett 1679, William Shirley 1771, Lieut. Governors of Massachusetts William Phillips 1827, Thomas Lindall Winthrop 1841; Governors of Connecticut John Winthrop 1676, Fitz-John Winthrop 1707; Judges of Massachusetts Wait Still Winthrop 1717, Adam Winthrop 1743, Oliver Wendell 1818, Thomas Dawes 1825; Ministers of Boston John Cotton 1652, John Davenport 1670, John Oxenbridge 1674, Thomas . . . — Map (db m18713) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Life and Death in Colonial Boston |
| | Along the second row parallel to the front path are the stones of the three “Rebeccas”: Rebecca (Baker) Gerrish (d. 1743), Rebecca Smith Sanders (d. 1745/6), and Rebecca (Smith) Alexander Deal Sprague (ca. 1704-1746), who were related to each other by blood or marriage. Their stones are three examples of elaborate gravestone carving of the mid-18th century. Note that all three markers have the same border indicating they were created by one craftsman or shop. What differ are the . . . — Map (db m18984) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Mansion of Gov. Hutchinson |
| | Here stood the mansion of Governor Thomas Hutchinson built about 1687 • This tablet placed by the City of Boston 1930 — Map (db m18071) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Mary Dyer — Quaker |
| | Witness for religious freedom. Hanged on Boston Common - 1660. "My life not availeth me in comparison to the liberty of the truth."
Erected by the Art Commission of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from the legacy of Zenas Ellis of Fair Haven, Vermont.
Dedicated 9 July 1959
Sylvia Shaw Judson - Sculptor — Map (db m20925) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Massachusetts Gate |
| | Colonel William Prescott of Massachusetts led the colonial forces on Breed’s Hill. His commanding figure and strong will inspired the farmer soldiers to the greatness of the day. Dr. Joseph Warren, commissioned a Major General, elected to serve Prescott as a private in the battle. Dr. Warren, an early leader in the Revolution, was killed on this battlefield in the waning moments of the conflict. — Map (db m18651) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts 54th Regiment |
| | [On the front of the monument, part of the relief itself]:
Omnia Relinqvit / Servare Rempvblicam
[Underneath the relief]:
Robert Gould Shaw Colonel of the Fifty Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry
born in Boston 10 October MDCCCXXXVII
Killed while leading the assault on Fort Wagner
South Carolina 18 July MDCCCLXIII
[Underneath this is a verse from James Russel Lowell's poem "Memoriae Positum"]:
Right in the van, on the red rampart's . . . — Map (db m20209) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Men of the Boston Naval Shipyard |
| | Dedicated to the Men of the Boston Naval Shipyard who made the supreme sacrifice in defense of their country in all wars 1800 – 1950 “For what avail the plough or sail Or land or life, if freedom fail?” Presented by employees August 25, 1950 — Map (db m18486) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Moses Pierce-Hichborn House |
| | Moses Pierce-Hichborn House has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service 1968 — Map (db m18069) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — New Hampshire Gate |
| | June 17, 1775 Strength United is Stronger New Hampshire American Revolution Bicentennial Commission East Marker: Colonel John Stark commanded 900 New Hampshire men at the rail fence and at the stone wall on the Mystic River shore against the British advances. This was the largest contingent of men from any of the colonies. They later assisted in covering the colonial retreat in the last minutes of the battle. — Map (db m18652) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — North Church Lanterns |
| | The Signal Lanterns of Paul Revere displayed in the steeple of this church April 18 1775 warned the country of the march of the British troops to Lexington and Concord. — Map (db m6424) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — North Square Houses, 1715 |
| | This courtyard is the site of the Barnard House, built at the same time as the Revere House as part of a row of three similar wooden dwellings. The three houses were built after the great fire of November, 1676, had ravaged the neighborhood. Puritan minister Increase Mather, whose house had stood where the Revere House now stands, recorded the events of that “Fatal and dismal day” in his journal. The Barnards were master housewrights and carpenters for generations. They had . . . — Map (db m19273) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — North-East Corner of the Redoubt |
| | North-East Corner of the Redoubt thrown up on the night of the sixteenth of June 1775 — Map (db m18656) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Old South Meeting House |
| | has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service 1964 — Map (db m18087) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Omni Hotels: The Parker House |
| |
1630-1673
Zacheus Bosworth, Captain Thomas Clarke and Lieutenant Richard Cooke dwelt here on School House Lane
1704
John Mico built a mansion on this site which was occupied in turn by Colonel Jacob Wendall, Governor Moses Gill and the Boylston Family.
1854-1886
Harvey D. Parker bought a lot west of the School House Lane and built the original Parker House Restaurant and Hotel on the site of the mansion. The success of the Parker House began a program of improvement and . . . — Map (db m21664) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — On these Heights |
| | On these heights, during the night of March 4, 1776, the American troops besieging Boston built two redoubts which made the harbor and town untenable by the British fleet and garrison. On March 17, the British fleet, carrying 11,000 effective men and 1,000 refugees dropped down to Nantasket Roads and thenceforth Boston was free. A strong British force had been expelled from one of the united American Colonies. — Map (db m18515) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Park Street Church — Freedom Trail |
| | The English architect Peter Banner designed Park Street Church. It was built in 1809 on the site of the old Granary for which the adjoining burying ground, much older than the church, was named. On July 4, 1829, William Lloyd Garrison delivered his first anti-slavery speech here and so launched his emancipation campaign with the words: “Since the cause of emancipation must progress heavily, and must meet with much unhallowed opposition – why delay the work?” — Map (db m18081) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Paul Revere |
| | At this site Paul Revere landed on the night of April 18, 1775 to begin his midnight ride Dedicated by The Massachusetts Society Sons of the American Revolution April 1999 — Map (db m17971) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Paul Revere & William Dawes |
| | Paul Revere 1735 – 1818 Patriot, Master Craftsman Good Citizen Lanterns hung in the “North Church Steeple” gave the signal to spread the Alarm that the British were advancing, April 18, 1775, to capture the military stores in Concord. Christ Church overlooking this ground in now known as the Old North * * * “On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere A glimmer and then a gleam of light! A second lamp in the belfry burns! And so through the night went his cry of alarm . . . — Map (db m19274) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Paul Revere Buried in this Ground |
| | This tablet as a memorial to Paul Revere is erected by the Paul Revere Memorial Association to commemorate the opening to the public on April 19, 1908 of his old house at No. 19 North Square in this city. May the youth of today when they visit this old house be inspired with the patriotism of Paul Revere. — Map (db m18709) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Paul Revere House |
| | Paul Revere House has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service 1961 — Map (db m18068) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Paul Revere House |
| | “Messenger of the Revolution”
“Patriot Engraver”
“Pioneer Industrialist”
These are among history’s labels for Paul Revere, who occupied this small frame house on North Square from 1770 to 1800. Built about 1676 after one of the great fires of Boston, this is the oldest frame dwelling left in the city, and a rare example of 17th century domestic architecture. The house was witness not only to Revere’s increasing involvement in and commitment to . . . — Map (db m21543) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Paul Revere Mall |
| | Established 1933 from the income of the George Robert White Fund bequeathed to the City of Boston for creating works of public utility and beauty * * * * * Dedicated to the enjoyment of the community and to the memory of those men and women of the North End who helped to make Boston the pride of later generations. The site of this mall was once the pasture of Christopher Stanley, who died in 1646 leaving a parcel of land for the maintenance of the “Free School” and thus became . . . — Map (db m19275) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Paul Revere’s Landing — Boston National Historical Park — Charleston Navy Yard |
| | On the night of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere set out to warn of the march of British troops on Lexington and Concord. He departed Boston by water, was rowed to Charleston, and landed near here. Walking the short distance into town, Revere borrowed a horse and then rode into the countryside. When Revere reached Lexington, he cautioned patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock of the impending danger. Revere then rode towards Concord to ensure that patriot arms and gunpowder stored there were . . . — Map (db m17972) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Pilgrims and Patriots |
| | When the Puritans landed in Boston in 1630, the Separatist settlement at Plymouth Colony was ten years old. Puritans and Separatists were two Protestant sects that developed in the late 16th century in England. Puritans were critical of, but remained part of, the Church of England. Separatists “separated” from the Church of England and, because of persecution, many moved to Leyden, Holland. In 1620 they sailed for New England. As the Puritan settlement in Boston grew from a village . . . — Map (db m19003) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Public Latin School — 1635 – 1935 |
| | On this site stood the Public Latin School 1748 – 1844 Directly opposite stood the first and the second school building occupied by this school 1645 – 1748 This tablet placed here on the 300th anniversary April 23 1935 by the City of Boston — Map (db m18511) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Samuel Adams |
| | Here lies buried Samuel Adams Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Governor of this Commonwealth, A leader of men and an ardent Patriot Born 1722 ... Died 1803 Massachusetts Society - Sons of the Revolution 1898 — Map (db m18719) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Samuel Adams |
| | Samuel Adams 1722 – 1803 A patriot He organized the Revolution and signed the Declaration of Independence. Right Side of Monument: A Statesman Incorruptible and Fearless Left Side of Monument: Governor A true leader of the people. Back of Monument: Erected A.D. 1880 from a fund bequeathed to the City of Boston by Jonathan Phillips — Map (db m19013) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Seventeenth Century Burials |
| | Around you are some of the earliest burials at Granary Burial Ground. “The Oldest Stone” dated 1667 marked the burial of John Wakefield (ca. 1615-1667). Apparently a frugal relative 36 years later had the back of the stone carved for Ann Child (c. 1623-1703), whose daughter married a Wakefield. The nearby stone carries both names. The Neal Children: The “Oldest Date on a Gravestone” (1666) is that on the marker of four of the children of Andrew (ca. 1624 . . . — Map (db m18807) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Seventeenth Century Copp’s Hill |
| | The Kennebec Raid Captain Thomas Lake (1615-1676) (C-143) was born in Tetney, County Lincoln, England in 1615 and settled in Boston in the 1650s. He and his partner, Thomas Clarke, set up trading posts in Maine, including one at Arrowsic Island near the mouth of the Kennebec River. Capt. Lake’s business prospered until the Native American uprisings of the 1670s. On Sabbath Day, August 20, 1676, Samuel Sewall wrote in his diary: “we heard amazing news of sixty persons killed at . . . — Map (db m18899) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Signal Lanterns of Paul Revere |
| | The Signal Lanterns of Paul Revere displayed in the steeple of this church April 18, 1775 warned the country of the march of the British troops to Lexington and Concord. — Map (db m18065) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — South-East Corner of the Redoubt |
| | South-East Corner
of the
Redoubt
Thrown up on the Night
of the Sixteenth of June
1775 — Map (db m21412) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — The Battle of Bunker Hill |
| | The Battle of Bunker Hill
17 June 1775
This tablet marks the
point where the British
reinforcements landed — Map (db m21413) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — The Breastwork |
| | The Breastwork thrown up on the morning of the seventeenth of June 1775 extended northerly three hundred feet — Map (db m18658) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — The First Governor |
| | Buried in the Winthrop family tomb are 11 members of the Winthrop family. Puritan leader John Winthrop the Elder (1588-1649) was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the founder of Boston. In 1629 he was elected governor by the Massachusetts Bay Company while still in England. In 1630 he led the “Winthrop Fleet” of eleven ships and 700 colonists to the “New World.” The fleet landed first at Salem, then moved to Charlestown, where Winthrop built his . . . — Map (db m18999) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — The Freedom Trail |
| | Neighborhood of Revolution “Paul Revere . . . started on a ride which, in a way has never ended.” - Esther Forbes, author of the classic study, Paul Revere and the World He Lived In In the course of just two pivotal days – April 18 and 19, 1775 – the preceding years of unrest burst into insurrection. Paul and Rachel Revere, plus several of their sixteen children, lived in an old house in what is now Boston’s oldest neighborhood, the North End. Paul was a . . . — Map (db m19151) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — The Ice King, the Castle Captain, and the She-Merchant |
| | Located against the back fence of the burying ground is the Tudor family tomb, marked by a gravestone for John Tudor, Esquire (1709-1795),. The Tudor family legacy began with John Tudor, a baker and deacon of Second Church, who chronicled over sixty years of Boston’s history in his diaries beginning in 1732. Also in the Tudor Family tomb are Colonel William Tudor (1750-1819), an active participant in Boston’s government and an aide to George Washington, as well [as] his sons, William . . . — Map (db m19009) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — The Mathers |
| | Several generations of great 17th and 18th century New England divines are buried here. Increase (1639-1723), the father; Cotton (1663-1728), the son; and Samuel Mather (1706-1785) the grandson, belonged to a remarkable family of ministers. At a time when the church wielded its own power and religious zeal translated into political influence, the Mathers’ ecclesiastical attainments assured them secular authority. Increase was the sixth son of Richard, who was first of the Mather dynasty and a . . . — Map (db m18976) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — The Old Corner Bookstore |
| | Thomas Crease built this structure as his apothecary and residence shortly after the great fire of 1711 destroyed Anne Hutchinson’s house on this site. Timothy Carter opened the Old Corner Bookstore here in 1829. Between 1845 and 1865, the booksellers Ticknor and Fields established the building’s lasting literary significance as the publishers of Hawthorne, Longfellow, Stowe, Emerson, Thoreau and other prominent American and British authors, who often gathered here. In 1960, civic leaders . . . — Map (db m18085) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — The Old State House |
| | The Old State House, Boston’s oldest public building, was built in 1713 as the seat of British colonial government. Here the Royal Governor and the Massachusetts Assembly debated the Stamp Acts and the Writs of Assistance. The Declaration of Independence was first read to Bostonians from the east balcony on July 18, 1776. The building served as the State House until 1798, and was also Boston’s City Hall from 1830 to 1841. — Map (db m18096) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — The Old State House |
| | “ . . . there the child Independence was born.” Built in 1713, the Old State House was the seat of government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. In this building the Royal Governors, the Colonial Courts, and the Provincial Assembly met before the Revolution, and here the government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts continued after independence. In the Council Chamber James Otis argued forcefully and eloquently against the Writs of Assistance in 1761. In . . . — Map (db m18689) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — The Parker House |
| | One of Boston’s luxury hotels, opened by innovative hosteller Harvey Parker, the Parker House has been operating on this site since 1856. Parker introduced the European Plan, started the practice of scrod, the fresh white fish catch of the day. The fabled Parker House Roll and the Boston Cream Pie originated here. Among the illustrious patrons of the Parker House were Charles Dickens, Ulysses S. Grant and John F. Kennedy. The members of The Saturday Club, a group of leading 19th century . . . — Map (db m18510) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — The Rail Fence and Grass Line |
| | The rail fence and grass line of protection formed after the British troops landed was six hundred feet in the rear at the base of Bunker Hill — Map (db m18659) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Tragic Events |
| | Three hundred years ago this location did not have ideal conditions for a graveyard. There were many underground springs which made it soggy and damp. Tomb owners routinely found their tombs filled with water, with caskets and bodies floating about. Since the grass grew quickly, the Boston selectmen, always looking to turn a profit, rented the Granary Burying Ground as pasture to gravedigger James Williams (d. 1734), with the proviso that the renter make good all damages “which may happen . . . — Map (db m18770) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Union Oyster House |
| | has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America The oldest continually operated restaurant and oyster bar in the United States, constructed between 1716 and 1717, it is a rare surviving brick example of Boston’s Georgian architecture. 2003 National Park Service United States Department of the Interior — Map (db m18090) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — United States Gate — 1775 ----- 1975 |
| | On this hill the Continental militia fought heroically on June 17, 1775. Protected by an earth and timber redoubt laid out by Colonel Richard Gridley, the Army’s first chief engineer, the Americans killed or wounded nearly half of the attacking British force. The defenders ran out of gunpowder on the third assault and withdrew. — Map (db m18653) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Unusual Gravestones |
| | Fascinating people from Boston’s history lie in this burying ground. Look to the left for the double Worthylake gravestone, dating from 1718. Worthylake was the first keeper of the Boston Light. He and his wife and daughter drowned as they rowed to town from Noddle’s Island (now East Boston) on a November day. Wander down the path toward Snowhill Street and turn in, behind the tree on the left, to find the Daniel Malcolm stone of 1769. This merchant of Fleet Street opposed the British Revenue . . . — Map (db m18977) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — USS Constitution — Boston National Historical Park — Charleston Navy Yard |
| | Launched in 1797, USS Constitution set sail the next year on the world’s oceans to protect American commerce. Her victories soon earned her a permanent place in United States naval history. On August 19, 1812, USS Constitution took on the British frigate HMS Guerriere. A half hour of intense combat maimed the British ship. According to legend, as the cannon balls of HMS Guerriere bounced harmlessly off the oak-planked sides of USS Constitution, a sailor . . . — Map (db m17973) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Victims of the Boston Massacre |
| | The remains of Samuel Gray Samuel Maverick James Caldwell Crispus Attucks and Patrick Carr Victims of the Boston Massacre, March 5th, 1770, were here interred by order of the Town of Boston. ---------- Here also lies buried the body of Christopher Snider Aged 12 years, Killed February 22nd, 1770 The innocent victim of the struggles between the Colonists and the Crown, which resulted in INDEPENDENCE. ---------- Placed by Boston Chapter D.A.R. 1906. — Map (db m19282) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Welcome to Copp’s Hill Burying Ground |
| | About the Burying Ground Copp’s Hill Burying Ground is the second oldest cemetery in Boston. In 1659, town officials became concerned about overcrowding at the Central Burying Ground (now called King’s Chapel Burying Ground on Tremont Street.) Land was bought on Mill Hill in the North End for the new North Burying Ground, later named Copp’s Hill Burying Ground. The cemetery you see today was purchased in four installments: 1659: The first parcel of land was over the crest of the hill . . . — Map (db m18898) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Welcome to Granary Burying Ground |
| | Welcome to Granary Burying Ground, one of the oldest historic sites in Boston! Famous, infamous, and unknown Bostonians are buried here. Men, women, children, Puritans, Anglicans, Catholics, English, French, Africans, patriots, Tories, printers, goldsmiths, merchants, and scavengers were all laid to rest in Granary. Seventeenth-century Putitans John Endecott (Sign #5) and Samuel Sewall (Sign #6) rest here, as do revolutionaries Samuel Adams (Sign #2), John Hancock (Sign #7), . . . — Map (db m18769) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — Welcome to King’s Chapel Burying Ground |
| | Buried here are many notable people in Boston’s early history, from its first governor, John Winthrop, to Frederic Tudor, the “Ice King.” This is Boston’s oldest burying ground, established in 1630 on what were then the outskirts of the new Puritan settlement. It was first called simply “the burying place” and, when Copp’s Hill Burying Ground opened, “the old burying place.” After 1760 it started to be called “the Chapel Burying Ground,” using the . . . — Map (db m18979) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Boston — William Dawes Jr. |
| | Patriot, Son of Liberty, and first messenger sent by Warren from Boston to Lexington on the night of April 18-19 1775 to warn Hancock and Adams of the coming of the British troops. Born April 6 1745 Died February 25 1799 Placed by the Massachusetts Society Sons of the Revolution April 19, 1899 — Map (db m18712) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Charlestown — American Soldiers Killed June 17, 1775 |
| | Tablet #1: Connecticut Troops ---------- Roger Fox, William Cheeney, Asahel Lyon, Matthew Cummings, Samuel Ashbo, Gershom Smith, Benjamin Ross, Daniel Memory, Wilson Rowlandson <<<<o>>>> Soldiers Unassigned ---------- Amasa Fisk -- Pepperell William Robinson ---------- John Dillon – Jersey, Eng. John Lord ---------- Corp. Philip Fowler – Tewksbury Corp. Samuel Hill – Billerica Samuel Baily Jr. – Andover Darius Stevens – Connecticut John . . . — Map (db m19221) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Charlestown — Charleston Navy Yard — Home of “Old Ironsides” |
| | One of our nation's first naval shipyards was established here at Moulton's Point, Charlestown, in 1800, and remained active until 1971. During that period, the yard contributed greatly to the birth and growth of American naval power, and was the site of significant advances in naval technology, including one of the first two operating dry docks in the country in 1833. The yard is now the permanent home of the U. S. frigate Constitution - "Old Ironsides" - launched nearby in 1797. Still a . . . — Map (db m18687) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Charlestown — The Freedom Trail |
| | Neighborhood of Revolution “Paul Revere . . . started on a ride which, in a way has never ended.” - Esther Forbes, author of the classic study, Paul Revere and the World He Lived In In the course of just two pivotal days – April 18 and 19, 1775 – the preceding years of unrest burst into insurrection. Paul and Rachel Revere, plus several of their sixteen children, lived in an old house in what is now Boston’s oldest neighborhood, the North End. Paul was a . . . — Map (db m19104) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Charlestown — USS Leyte (CV-32) |
| | In memory of our shipmates and civilians lost in the disastrous explosion aboard the USS Leyte on October 16, 1953 while in the Boston Naval Shipyard. Shipmates James Robert Bedford, CHMACH, USN • Leonard Michael De Rose, Lt, USN • Charles Thompson Fischer, Ens, USN • William Achilles Gagas, Lt, USN • Elmer Clearance Holt, CHMACH, USN • Walter Eugene Macomber, CHMACH, USN • Thomas Joseph Meyers, Lt jg, USN • Clinton Howard Randall, Lt, USN • Taddeus Runowicz, CHBOSN, USN • • • • • . . . — Map (db m19887) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Hyde Park — 54th Infantry - 55th Infantry - 5th Cavalry — Massachusetts Volunteer Militia |
| | 54th Infantry 55th Infantry 5th Cavalry Massachusetts Volunteer Militia 1863-1865 "With Malice toward None, with Charity for All." Dedicated to the African-American troops who trained here and distinguished themselves in the Civil War, and to those who continue to fight for equal rights and equal justice — Map (db m4369) |
| Massachusetts (Suffolk County), Roxbury — MA-27.5 — Gen. Henry Knox Trail — The Noble Train Of Artillery |
| |
Through This Place Passed
The Noble Train Of Artillery
Delivered From Fort Ticonderoga
To General George Washington
By Major General Henry Knox
And Placed At Dorchester Heights
By General John Thomas
Forcing Boston's Freedom
And The Evacuation Of
British Troops On March 17, 1776
Dedicated On March 17, 2009
Evacuation Day Heritage Committee
— Map (db m26921) |
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