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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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This 1833 view of Boston from the west end of the Navy Yard shows a harbor full of busy activity. The steeple of the Old North Church is still a prominent landmark.
[courtesy Library of Congress]
The Navy Yard in the War of 1812
When . . . — — Map (db m60117) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m71539) HM WM |
| | Since 1981, millions of visitors have walked the decks of USS CASSIN YOUNG, experiencing her history and heroics. Now they have the opportunity to see a new side of this “greyhound of the sea” - what lies below the waterline. . . . — — Map (db m71480) WM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18766) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m21011) HM |
| | Location of the American Redoubts on Dorchester Heights which compelled the evacuation of Boston by the British Army March 17 – 1776. — — Map (db m17960) HM |
| | Tablet #1: Connecticut Troops ---------- Roger Fox, William Cheeney, Asahel Lyon, Matthew Cummings, Samuel Ashbo, Gershom Smith, Benjamin Ross, Daniel Memory, Wilson Rowlandson <<<>>> Soldiers Unassigned ---------- Amasa Fisk -- Pepperell . . . — — Map (db m55205) HM |
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| | The rank and financial status of Ft. Warren residents determined the quality of meal they ate. Rations for Union soldiers consisted of fresh beef with potatoes three times a week, salt beef, pork or ham three times a week, and baked beans on Sunday. . . . — — Map (db m108118) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18506) HM |
| | Printer, Scientist, Philanthropist, Diplomat and Statesman A Man of Towering Eminence As Publisher of Poor Richard's Almanac he provided America in its upbuilding with a practical Philosophy and enriched its common speech with a wealth of . . . — — Map (db m101423) HM |
| | Here on June 2, 1875,
Alexander Graham Bell and
Thomas A. Watson
first transmitted sound over wires.
This successful experiment was completed in a fifth floor garret at what was then 109 Court Street and marked the beginning of world-wide . . . — — Map (db m49787) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18505) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m19101) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m19160) HM |
| | On January 15, 1919, a molasses tank at 529 Commercial Street exploded under pressure, killing 21 people. A 40-foot wave of molasses buckled the elevated railroad tracks, crushed buildings and inundated the neighborhood. Structural defects in the . . . — — Map (db m40677) HM |
| | Boston Naval Shipyard 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 . . . — — Map (db m58264) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18509) HM |
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When the Federal government established a navy yard in Massachusetts in 1800, it naturally looked to Boston Harbor. A thriving town of more than 34,000 people, Boston was home to hundreds of skilled ship carpenters, riggers, caulkers, and other . . . — — Map (db m60133) HM |
| | --------------- 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, . . . — — Map (db m17974) HM |
| | The Site of the Bunch of Grapes Tavern Here on 30th of July 1733
was instituted under charter from
the Grand Lodge of England
The first regularly constituted lodge
of Free and Accepted Masons in America
Now St. John's Lodge of Boston . . . — — Map (db m115252) HM |
| | Established in 1810, this is Charlestown's second oldest burying ground, and the site of the left wing of Colonial forces at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775. A monument marks the location of the Rail Fence and Stone Wall fortified by the . . . — — Map (db m55532) HM |
| | “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 . . . — — Map (db m18094) HM |
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Merchant Vestryman and Compatriot of
Paul Revere
on April 18, 1775 called
Robert Newman
from his house on Salem St. to Christ church and lest the British disturb him, locked the church doors from outside while the lanterns were being . . . — — Map (db m115353) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18514) HM |
| | Designed in 1891 by the firm of America's foremost park planner and landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted, this playground is one of the best surviving examples of the neighborhood parks in Boston's original system. Olmsted divided the park . . . — — Map (db m55527) HM |
| | Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., America’s foremost landscape architect and the creator of Boston’s Emerald Necklace and New York’s Central Park, designed Charlestown Heights, now Doherty Playground, in 1891. With an increasing population and decreasing . . . — — Map (db m55528) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m37699) HM |
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The Charleston Navy Yard was established in 1800 to build, repair, and supply the nation's warships. For 174 years the yard expanded and adapted to serve a growing, changing navy.
In early years, skilled workers build and repaired wooden . . . — — Map (db m60118) HM |
| | Training fields were a familiar sight in early New England in an era of constant alert.
American colonist formed militias for protection and trained in open fields also known as commons. Charlestown Training Field dates from the 1640s . . . — — Map (db m115250) HM |
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Road projects in two centuries endangered the “communitie’s meeting place.”
Despite the Training Field's historical importance, road projects in the 19th and 20th centuries threatened to destroy what was once called . . . — — Map (db m115230) HM |
| | The oldest church building in Boston after its spire was blown down in a gale October 1804 the present spire, sixteen feet shorter than the original was erected under the supervision of Charles Bulfinch Its peal of bells the first in America has . . . — — Map (db m76585) HM |
| | Native American Settlement
Native American occupation of the Charlestown peninsula predates European settlements by approximately 10,000 years. Archaeological evidence, such as tools made of stone, bone, wood, and shells, suggests the early . . . — — Map (db m60237) HM |
| | This graceful home was built around 1712 and managed to survive when all its neighbors--including the house that Ben Franklin owned next door--were torn down. This was the home of one of Boston's "substantial mechanicks," Ebenezer Clough, the . . . — — Map (db m76630) HM |
| | Harbor mines and cables fill the pier during the Second World War. Built in 1906, the mine-storage building (background) now houses the visitor’s center. (Inscription below the title) Countering the threat of the submarine, the U.S. military mined . . . — — Map (db m62557) HM |
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Thomas Cass.
Col. Ninth Mass.
Infantry. U.S.V.
Fell at Malvern
Hill Virginia
July First 1862.
Erected by the City of Boston
in memory of the officers
and men of the Ninth Reg.
Mass. Volunteers
Organized May 3 1861
Mustered out . . . — — Map (db m117946) WM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18795) HM |
| | In Memoriam
Commander
Barry Carle
U.S. Navy
1933-1974
Died while in the service of his country
Deputy District Civil Engineer for the Commandant of the First Naval District
Responsible for the concept and the initial development of the . . . — — Map (db m58455) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m41561) HM |
| | During the War Between the States, 1861-1865 more than a thousand Confederates were imprisoned here of whom thirteen died.
D.B. Cartwright CO H 32 N.C.
James J. Cooper CO. F 17 N.C.
Col. T.J. Davidson 25 Miss
A. Diggs citizen, VA
Aquila . . . — — Map (db m59205) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18654) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18867) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18073) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m145070) HM |
| | Near here, August 23rd 1630
Governor John Winthrop
and members of the Massachusetts Bay Company
organized the Court of Assistants
forerunner of the
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts — — Map (db m97405) HM |
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Built on the water's edge at the foot of State Street between 1837 and 1847, the Custom House was a focal point of Boston's old water-front. It was a controversial building in its day. Critics thought its Greek Revival style was old-fashioned, . . . — — Map (db m115260) HM |
| | D.L. Moody, Christian Evangelist, Friend of man, Founder of the Northfield Schools, was converted to God in a shoe store on this site April 21, 1855 — — Map (db m129367) HM |
| | This 1790s Georgian residence was built for Deacon John Larkin, a patriot best remembered for his role in Paul Revere's legendary midnight ride. It was Larkin's horse that carried Revere out to Lexington and Concord to warn the Committee of Safety . . . — — Map (db m60235) HM |
| | 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) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m17961) HM |
| | Backed by cannons hauled from Fort Ticonderoga in New York, Patriot soldiers fortified these heights in March 1776, forcing the evacuation of British troops from Boston. — — Map (db m30385) HM |
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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 . . . — — Map (db m37697) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18092) HM |
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Man of Letters • Preacher of the Gospel
Prophet of Peace • Patriot — — Map (db m117909) HM |
| | On April 28, 1852, in Johnson Hall formerly on this site, the first municipal electric fire alarm system using call boxes with automatic signaling to indicate the location of a fire was placed into service. Invented by William Channing and Moses . . . — — Map (db m76634) HM |
| | The Emerson Majestic Theatre is the only Boston building designed by nationally prominent architect John Galen Howard. Completed in 1903 for merchant an music patron Eben Jordan, it has been used for movies, opera and musical theater. Its monumental . . . — — Map (db m56630) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18780) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18067) HM |
| | 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) HM |
| | Fenway Park opened in 1912, then the largest ballpark in the major leagues. Home of the Boston Red Sox, it is the nation's oldest operating major league baseball venue, and a rare survivor of the "Golden Age" of baseball parks (1909-1923). Now the . . . — — Map (db m56691) HM |
| | Originally a meeting hall for the Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Exchange was built on land donated by streetcar magnate Henry M. Whitney and completed in 1892. Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge designed the tiered arches and rock-faced masonry which . . . — — Map (db m56478) HM |
| | 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 — — Map (db m108117) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18901) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18072) HM |
| | The Charlestown Navy Yard served the nation for 174 years as a base of the building, outfitting, repair, and modernization of ships. During World War II, the yard’s busiest years, almost 50,000 men and women worked here, around the clock, seven days . . . — — Map (db m62586) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m17958) HM |
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Champion of liberty and the rights of man.
Erected by the Polish People
of New England to commemorate
the 150th anniversary of his arrival
in America to enlist in the cause
of liberty — — Map (db m117910) WM |
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A public spirited citizen
whose great gift to the City of Boston
provided for the creation of works of
public utility and beauty for the use
and enjoyment of the inhabitants . . . — — Map (db m118004) HM |
| | 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. . . . — — Map (db m18711) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18934) HM |
| | 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, . . . — — Map (db m18783) HM |
| | History and Archaeology
In the 1900s, as part of the major highway reconstruction project that built the tunnels beneath this park, a team of archaeologists studied City Square and its history.The investigators researched historic documents . . . — — Map (db m60236) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18091) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18776) HM |
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| | John Boyle O'Reilly
1844-1890
Poet Patriot Orator — — Map (db m56628) HM |
| | John Greenwood 1729 - 1792 Painter of Portraits and Mezzotint Engraver of a family long known in the North End as builders of ships. A nephew of Isaac Greenwood, first Hollis Professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Harvard College. . . . — — Map (db m76589) HM |
| | Here stood the residence of John Hancock: A prominent and patriotic merchant of Boston, the first signer of the Declaration of American Independence, and first governor of Massachusetts under the State Constitution.
Erected 1737. Removed 1863. — — Map (db m55597) HM |
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| | John Tileston 1735 - 1826 Active patriot during the Revolution. Beloved master for more than seventy years of the North Writing School, now the Eliot School and teacher of many famous Bostonians. He lived and died on Margaret Street.To Those . . . — — Map (db m76592) HM |
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| | John Winthrop 1588 - 1649 In the early autumn of 1630, Winthrop and his company landed at the foot of Prince Street from Charleston. Thus was begun the settlement of Boston. The spirit of Winthrop is forever a challenge to America: "To avoid . . . — — Map (db m145069) HM |
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This plaque commemorates the historic site of
Jordan Marsh
In 1841, nineteen year old Eben Dyer Jordan began a remarkable and innovative journey that would lead to the founding, with partner Benjamin L. Marsh, of the renowned . . . — — Map (db m115271) HM |
| | 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 m19280) HM |
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| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18713) HM |
| | Around 1750, the present, stone version of King's Chapel replaced the wooden structure of 1688. King James II had ordered the wooden chapel built. It was the first Anglican church in Boston, erected on the old burying ground over strong Puritan . . . — — Map (db m144148) HM |
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Boston's legendary clipper ship trade centered around Lewis Wharf. Ships bound for faraway ports sailed from here in the 1840s and '50s:
• to buy tea in China and sell it in Europe.
• to California where most of the '49ers' famous gold . . . — — Map (db m115279) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18984) HM |
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During the day, workers at the Charlestown Navy Yard built, repaired, and supplied American warships. In the evening, theses men left for their homes. Only the Commandant, a few administrative officers, and a detachment of Marines stayed behind. . . . — — Map (db m60049) HM |
| | Here stood the mansion of Governor Thomas Hutchinson built about 1687 • This tablet placed by the City of Boston 1930 — — Map (db m18071) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m20925) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18651) HM |
| | [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 . . . — — Map (db m20209) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m37700) HM |
| | To commemorate
the discovery
that the inhaling of ether
causes insensibility to pain.
First proved to the world
at the
Mass. General Hospital
in Boston
October. A.D MDCCCXLVI
This also cometh forth
from the Lord of hosts . . . — — Map (db m86191) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18069) HM |
| | Here in 1719 stood the printing office of James Franklin publisher of the New England Courant. Here served as an apprentice his brother Benjamin Franklin
Here 1769 to 1776 Edes and Gill published the Boston Gazette — — Map (db m56692) HM |
| | New
Fenway Park
Built 1912
Reconstructed 1934
Boston
American League
Baseball Company
Thomas A. Yawkey
President — — Map (db m56690) HM |
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