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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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| Near Tremont Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m19003) HM |
| On Charles Street South at Boylston Street, on the right when traveling north on Charles Street South. |
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For my little son Edgar, who should ever love Boston, the place of his birth, and where his mother found her best and most sympathetic friends.
The inscription on a watercolor of Boston Harbor painted by Eliza . . . — — Map (db m108768) HM |
| | Among the notable political prisoners confined in these rooms were James Murray Mason and John Slidell, two Confederate envoys to Great Britain. Their arrest on board the British steamer Trent provoked an international incident and nearly brought . . . — — Map (db m108115) HM |
| | There were nine magazines within the fort's bastions and fronts during the Civil War, all of the located at the parade ground level. They were lined with wood to prevent a soldier's gun or belt buckle from striking against the granite walls and . . . — — Map (db m108114) HM |
| On Tremont Street at Park Street, on the right when traveling south on Tremont Street. |
| | Boston was the first city to build electric traction for a large-scale rapid transit system. The engineering challenge to design and construct safe, economically viable, and reliable electric power
for Boston’s rapid transit was met by the West . . . — — Map (db m154429) HM |
| On Union Street south of Hanover Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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“Old Jimmy” Wilson, Boston’s last town crier, first hoisted the sign of the “Bell” in 1795 under the Exchange Coffee House in Congress Square.
The tavern gained a popular reputation for selling “the best Ale in . . . — — Map (db m115270) HM |
| On School Street at Province Street, on the right when traveling east on School Street. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18511) HM |
| On Walk Hill Street (Cemetery entrance). |
| | Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow, U.S. Navy, Born in Wilmington N.C. November 19, 1911, Died in Boston Mass. Sept 29, 1873. He conducted the memorable sea fight in command of USS Kearsarge when she sunk the Alabama in the English Channel June 19. . . . — — Map (db m62532) WM |
| Near Charles Street at Beacon Street. |
| | This sculpture has been placed here as a tribute to Robert McCloskey whose story Make Way for Ducklings' has made the Boston Public Garden familiar to children throughout the world 1987 — — Map (db m76654) HM |
| Near Salem Street north of Hull Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
Robert Newman
Sexton of this church
who hung the lanterns in the Belfry
April 18, 1775
to warn the Patriots of the
British march on Concord is honored
here by this tablet erected by
Daughters of the American Revolution
. . . — — Map (db m115351) HM |
| On Tremont Street at Bromfield Street, on the left when traveling north on Tremont Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m18719) HM |
| On Congress Street at North Street, on the right when traveling north on Congress Street. |
| | 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. . . . — — Map (db m19013) HM |
| | Samuel Tucker 1747 - 1833 High on the roll of the valiant fighting men of the Old Navy, he captured sixty-two enemy vessels, more than six hundred cannon, and three thousand prisoners. A pride to the North End, he lived on Fleet Street.Increase . . . — — Map (db m76590) HM |
| Near Tremont Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18807) HM |
| Near Hull Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18899) HM |
| On Salem Street at Hull Street, on the right when traveling north on Salem Street. |
| | 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) HM |
| | Sir William Phips 1651 - 1695 First Royal Governor of Massachusetts under the Charter of 1691. One of twenty-six brothers and sisters. A poor boy apprenticed to a ship's carpenter in the North End. In 1687 he recovered from a Spanish galleon . . . — — Map (db m76593) HM |
| | Preachers • John Wilson • John Eliot • John Cotton Used before 1640 for town meetings and for sessions of the General Court of the Colony. — — Map (db m76633) HM |
| Near Beacon Street east of Charles Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | To the men of Boston who died for their country on land and sea in the War which kept the Union whole, destroyed slavery and maintained the Constitution. The grateful City has built this Monument that their example may speak to coming generations. . . . — — Map (db m37560) HM |
| On Atlantic Avenue at Summer Street, on the right when traveling north on Atlantic Avenue. |
| | This 1898 headhouse was designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, the successor of firm to H.H. Richardson, as the earliest and last remaining example of classical revival style of railway architecture in Boston. Originally known as South Union . . . — — Map (db m56253) HM |
| Near Monument Square 0 miles north of Monument Avenue, on the left. |
| | South-East Corner
of the
Redoubt
Thrown up on the Night
of the Sixteenth of June
1775 — — Map (db m21412) HM |
| On Hanover Street north of Clark Street. |
| | [Panel 1] St. Stephen's Church The North End’s changing ethnic and religious groups always had a good friend in St. Stephen’s Church. Originally called “New North” (to distinguish it from nearby “Old North”), it was . . . — — Map (db m37181) HM |
| | The first building on this site was The New North Meeting House erected in 1714 and enlarged in 1730At the request of General Washington, March 28, 1776 immediately following the evacuation of Boston by the British The Reverend Andrew Eliot, then . . . — — Map (db m76622) HM |
| On Van Ness St, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The greatest hitter who ever lived, an American patriot, and a pioneer in the development of the Jimmy Fund, Ted Williams will forever be one of the great heroes in the history of baseball, Boston, and America. He amassed 521 home runs despite . . . — — Map (db m56688) HM |
| On 1st Avenue at 3rd Street, on the left when traveling west on 1st Avenue. |
| | The Battle of Bunker Hill
17 June 1775
This tablet marks the
point where the British
reinforcements landed — — Map (db m21413) HM |
| On Devonshire Street at State Street on Devonshire Street. |
| | On March 5, 1770, in the street before you, nine British soldiers were confronted by an angry mob."The soldiers did fire without orders and killed five of his Majesty's good subjects...How fatal are the effects of posting a standing army among a . . . — — Map (db m76632) HM |
| | The Breastwork thrown up on the morning of the seventeenth of June 1775 extended northerly three hundred feet — — Map (db m18658) HM |
| On Piedmont Street at Shawmut Street, on the left when traveling east on Piedmont Street. |
| | Erected by
Bay Village
Neighborhood Association
1993
In memory of
the more than 490 people
who died as a
result of the
Cocoanut Grove fire
on November 28 1942
As a result of this terrible
tragedy major changes were
made in . . . — — Map (db m40673) HM |
| Near Tremont Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18999) HM |
| On Devonshire Street at State Street, on the left when traveling north on Devonshire Street. |
| | 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 m19151) HM |
| On Causeway Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Bobby Orr's Famous
Stanley Cup winning goal
May 10, 1970
Boston Garden
Boston Bruins sweep St. Louis Blues
with a 4-3 overtime win in Game 4 — — Map (db m56693) HM |
| On Washington Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Near this site stood first mint in the British colonies of North America. Prior to 1652, the Massachusetts financial system was based on bartering and foreign coinage. The scarcity of coin currency was a problem for the growth of the New England . . . — — Map (db m56640) HM |
| Near Tremont Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m19009) HM |
| On Tremont Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This mall is named in honor of Marquis de Lafayette
distinguished French soldier
Major-General in the War of American Independence
and illustrious patriot of the French Revolution
who nobly served the cause of liberty on two continents
invited . . . — — Map (db m73212) HM |
| Near Hull Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18976) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m76583) WM |
| | “An army marches on its stomach,” Napoleon famously said---a statement that held true at Fort Warren. Soon after its construction, two unfinished casemates (bunkers) in Bastion C were equipped with tables and benches and pressed into . . . — — Map (db m108113) HM |
| On Beacon Street west of Park Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Shaw - 54th Regiment Memorial honors Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and members of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment who died in the assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina, July 18, 1863. The 54th was the first regiment of Black volunteers from the . . . — — Map (db m75619) HM |
| On School Street at Washington Street, on the left when traveling east on School Street. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18085) HM |
| On State Street at Congress Street, on the right when traveling west on State Street. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18096) HM |
| On Devonshire St. at State St., on the right when traveling south on Devonshire St.. |
| | “ . . . 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 . . . — — Map (db m18689) HM |
| On School Street at Province Street, on the right when traveling east on School Street. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18510) HM |
| | Built c. 1680, this is the last remaining structure from 17th –century Boston. Patriot and silversmith Paul Revere owned the building from 1770 to 1800. He left this house for his famous Midnight Ride on April 18, 1775. After use as a tenement . . . — — Map (db m62587) HM |
| | 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) HM |
| | The Salutation Tavern Opened in 1662, stood on the north east corner of Salutation and North Streets adjoining this Mall It was the meeting place of The Committee of Safety and in it was planned The Boston Tea Party Here Samuel . . . — — Map (db m76625) HM |
| On Beacon Street west of Park Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Shaw - 54th Regiment Memorial, the outstanding tribute to soldiers of the Civil War, was created by one of America's foremost sculptors, Augustus Saint Gaudens (1848 - 1907). Born in Dublin, of a French father and an Irish mother, he grew up in . . . — — Map (db m84002) HM |
| | To those men of the North End who defended with their lives the integrity of the Union in the American Civil War 1861 - 1865Thomas Cass 1821 - 1862 Born in Ireland, he attached himself devotedly to the ideals of his adopted country at the . . . — — Map (db m145068) HM WM |
| | Throughout Copp's Hill Burying Ground are examples of tombs and monuments constructed to commemorate the dead. Table tombs or table-stones are elaborate markers of a grave's location. Usually there is a sepulcher underneath the marker holding the . . . — — Map (db m145072) HM |
| Near Tremont Street at Bromfield Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | 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. . . . — — Map (db m18770) HM |
| | Tremont Temple was once the renowned Tremont Theater. Most of the famous actors, singers and lecturers of the day performed here. John Gilbert, Jenny Lind, Daniel Webster and Charles Dickens all made appearances.In 1843, the Theater became the . . . — — Map (db m76638) HM |
| On State Street at Commercial Street, on the left when traveling west on State Street. |
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For more than 30 years the tallest building on the Boston skyline, the Custom House is a tangible reminder of the importance of the sea in the city’s economy and history.
Here duties were collected and maritime business conducted as Boston . . . — — Map (db m115261) HM |
| | U.S.S Boston
From 1776 to tomorrow
Dedicated to all shipmates who served on the seven vessels named U.S.S. Boston
July 2001 — — Map (db m55664) HM |
| On Union Street at Marsh Lane, on the right when traveling north on Union Street. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18090) HM |
| On Monument Sq at Monument Sq on Monument Sq. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18653) HM |
| Near Hull Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18977) HM |
| Near Constitution Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m71540) HM |
| On Van Ness St, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Suspended high above Van Ness street between Gates B and D, these banners represent legends in Red Sox history. Each of these players entered the National Baseball Hall of Fame wearing a Red Sox hat, or joined the Hall of Fame without a specific . . . — — Map (db m56689) HM |
| On Tremont Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m19282) HM |
| On Freedom Trail, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Charlestown Veterans Memorial Park
Dedicated in honor of the men and women from Charlestown who served in the Armed Forces during the Korean and Vietnam Wars and in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice. — — Map (db m97334) WM |
| | This building served as Boston's City Hall from 1865 until 1969, when it was renovated for use as an office building.Boston's Old City Hall is one of the first examples of adaptive reuse. In the 1960's the concept of recycling out-dated public . . . — — Map (db m76635) HM |
| On Hull Street at Hull St Pl, on the left when traveling east on Hull Street. |
| | 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.) . . . — — Map (db m18898) HM |
| On Tremont Street at Bromfield Street, on the left when traveling north on Tremont Street. |
| | 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, . . . — — Map (db m144157) HM |
| On Tremont Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18979) HM |
| On Boylston Street east of Arlington Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| |
Whether in chains or in laurels
liberty knows nothing but victories
———————————
I love inexpressibly
these streets of Boston
over whose pavements my mother
held up . . . — — Map (db m117952) HM |
| Near Tremont Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m18712) HM |
| On Arlington Street at Boylston Street, on the left when traveling south on Arlington Street. |
| |
I see the marks of God in the heavens and the earth, but how much more in a liberal intellect, in magnanimity, in unconquerable rectitude, in a philanthropy which forgives every wrong, and which never despairs of the cause of Christ and human . . . — — Map (db m118002) HM |
| On 1st Ave. (Freedom Trail). |
| |
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 |
| On Adams Street at Winthrop Street, on the left when traveling west on Adams Street. |
| | 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 |
| On 1st Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | 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 |
| |
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 |
| On Bunker Hill St just west of Polk St, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| On Bunker Hill St 0 miles west of Mead St, on the left when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| On Bunker Hill St 0.1 miles west of Mead St, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| On 1st Avenue (Freedom Trail). |
| |
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 |
| Near Common Street south of Winthrop Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| |
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 |
| Near City Square at Main Street. |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| On 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 |
| On Winthrop Street, in the median. |
| | 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 |
| On Main Street at Winthrop Street on Main Street. |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
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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 |
| | By 1940 this navy yard supported a powerful fleet of modern steel ships. Where once carpenters, joiners, and sail- makers responded to the morning shipyard bell, now a shrill steam whistle summoned welders, boilermakers, and electronics specialists . . . — — Map (db m60125) HM |
| |
In its first years, the navy yard consisted of a small dock and several wooden storehouses, surrounded by mud flats and rolling pastures. In 1812, the commandant noted:
"the establishment… afforded no advantage or facility for . . . — — Map (db m60130) HM |
| | This high ground of Breed's Hill bound the American colonies to the cause of independence. An open field once located here commanded this entire area. On the night of June 16, 1775, two month after the fighting at Lexington and Concord, 1,200 . . . — — Map (db m60140) HM |
| On Monument Square at Monument Ave. on Monument Square. |
| | 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 m19104) HM |
| On Chelsea Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Leonard P. Zakim
Bunker Hill Bridge
The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, part of The Big Dig Project in Boston, is the widest cable-stayed bridge in the world. The Bridge serves as the northern entrance to and exit from Boston. The . . . — — Map (db m58257) HM |
| On Bunker Hill St just west of Polk St, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The line of Rail Fence and Grass Protection formed after the British Troops landed on the seventeenth of June extended in this direction to Mystic River — — Map (db m55530) HM |
| On Chelsea Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The enduring fame of the Old North began on the evening of April 18, 1775, when the church sexton, Robert Newman, climbed the steeple and held high two lanterns as a signal from Paul Revere that the British were marching to Lexington and Concord by . . . — — Map (db m58258) HM |
| | Thousands of civilians spent their work days in the yard, then returned home to their Boston neighborhoods. For a few naval personnel, however; the yard was both a work-place and a home. For those who lived here, whether in the luxurious . . . — — Map (db m145105) HM |
| | In the years following the battle, this hill became sacred ground. A new patriotic spirit swept the nation in the 1820s. Americans looked to honor the sacrifice and service of their ancestors. For two decades, many men and women, led by the Bunker . . . — — Map (db m60139) HM |
| On Constitution Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In the 1830s, Frederick Tudor became known as Boston's Ice King. Since around 1805, he had ice cut from local ponds and shipped to far away places as Calcutta, Rio de Janeiro, the West Indies and the Far East. As his business grew, he did his most . . . — — Map (db m145104) HM |
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When the Charleston Navy Yard opened in 1800, Boston's skilled maritime workers provided a ready source of labor. As sail gave way to steam, and wooden hulls gave way to iron and steel, the work of building, repairing, and maintaining a fleet . . . — — Map (db m60137) HM |
| | The British Army was one of the most powerful military forces of the day. Their leaders were career officers. The troops were regularly trained and well equipped. Yet, the enlisted ranks were often filled with soldiers recruited against their will . . . — — Map (db m60143) HM |
| Near 3rd Street south of 1st Avenue. |
| | 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 |
| On 1st Ave., on the left when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| Near Constitution Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m37701) HM |
| On Everett Ave., on the right when traveling north. |
| | Erected by the City of Chelsea to commemorate the service of her citizens in the World War and to hereby inscribe forever the names of these, her honored dead — — Map (db m66870) WM |
| On Parker Street at Broadway, on the right when traveling west on Parker Street. |
| | Six hundred feet from this point is the mansion built by Governor Richard Bellingham in 1659, rebuilt and enlarged by Samuel Cary in 1791. Here Washington stationed the last outpost of the left wing of the Continental Army besieging Boston. — — Map (db m48829) HM |
| | In Honor of the Men of Chelsea Who Served in the Spanish American War — — Map (db m82056) HM WM |
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