North End in Boston in Suffolk County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)

Sacco and Vanzetti Defense Committee

North End

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, June 17, 2021

1. Sacco and Vanzetti Defense Committee Marker

Inscription.

In May 1920, two Italian immigrants were arrested for the murder of two payroll guards in South Braintree. A group of friends and fellow anarchists organized a defense committee for the accused men, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. For the next seven years The Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee struggled to free the two men, whose cause became a passionate controversy the world over. In 1925, the committee moved to an upstairs room at 256 Hanover Street in the North End, where the drama intensified as it drew to its close. Sacco and Vanzetti were executed in 1927, but theirs is "the case that will not die."
Sacco & Vanzetti Commemoration Society - August 23, 2007
www.saccoandvanzetti.org

Erected 2007 by Sacco & Venzetti Commemoration Society and Boston 200.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Law Enforcement. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1920.

Location. 42° 21.812′ N, 71° 3.293′ W. Marker is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County. It is in North End. Marker is at the intersection of Hanover Street and Richmond Street, on the left when traveling north on Hanover Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Boston MA 02113, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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this marker. Moses Pierce-Hichborn House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Paul Revere House (about 300 feet away); North Square Houses, 1715 (about 300 feet away); a different marker also named Paul Revere House (about 300 feet away); Here Lived Paul Revere (about 300 feet away); a different marker also named The Paul Revere House (about 400 feet away); North Square (about 400 feet away); Tony DeMarco (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boston.

Also see . . . Sacco and Vanzetti. (Submitted on June 27, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.)

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, June 17, 2021

2. Sacco and Vanzetti Defense Committee Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 27, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 164 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 27, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.