Beacon Hill in Boston in Suffolk County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
Beacon Hill Monument
Board of customs established 1767
British troops fired on the inhabitants of Boston March 5, 1770
Tea Act Passed 1773
Tea defrayed in Boston December 16
Port of Boston shut and guarded June 1, 1774
General Congress at Philadelphia
Provincial Congress of Concord
Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775
Battle of Bunker Hill June 1775
Washington took command of the army July
Boston evacuated March 17, 1776
Independence declared by Congress July 4, 1776
Hancock President
Capture of Hessians at Trenton Dec: 26, 1776
Capture of Hessians at Bennington Aug: 16, 1777
Capture of British Army at Saratoga Oct: 17
Alliance with France Feb 6, 1778
Confederation of United States formed July 9
Constitution of Massachusetts formed 1780
Bowdoin President of Convention
Capture of British Army at York Oct 19, 1781
Preliminaries of Peace Nov, 30 1782
Definitive Treaty of Peace Sept 10, 1783
Federal Constitution formed Sept 17, 1787
and ratified by the United States 1787 to 1790
New Congress assembled at New York April 6, 1789
Washington inaugurated President April 30.
Public debts
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In 1634 The General Court Caused a Beacon To be placed on the top of this hill
In 1730 a brick and stone monument designed by Charles Bulfinch replaced the beacon but was removed in 1811 when the hill was cut down.
It is now reproduced in stone by the Bunker Hill Monument Association 1898.
Erected 1898 by Bunker Hill Monument Association.
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Colonial Era • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is March 5, 1770.
Location. 42° 21.54′ N, 71° 3.794′ W. Monument is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County. It is in Beacon Hill. It is at the intersection of Bowdoin Street and Ashburton Place, on the left when traveling north on Bowdoin Street. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 60 Ashburton Pl, Boston MA 02114, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial monument is in Massachusetts’ Historic Boston. It is also in the American Northeast, in New England, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Sutton Corner (within shouting distance of this marker); Derne Street (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of the English High School (within shouting distance of this marker); Boston Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian) (within shouting distance of this marker); Grand Army of the Republic in Massachusetts (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Mary Dyer (about 300 feet away); Arrival of the Frigate Arbella (about 400 feet away); General Joseph Hooker (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boston.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 30, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 1,204 times since then and 96 times this year. Last updated on June 13, 2024, by Daniel Kovacevic of Charlestown, Massachusetts. Photo 1. submitted on January 30, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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