“Improve your understanding for acquiring useful knowledge and virtue, such as will render you an ornament to society, an Honour to your Country, and a Blessing to Your parents.” Abigail Adams in a letter to her . . . — — Map (db m299843) HM
From this spot, with her son, John Quincy Adams, then a boy of seven, by her side, Abigail Adams watched the smoke of burning Charlestown, while listening to the guns of Bunker Hill. Saturday, 17 June, 1775.
The Adams . . . — — Map (db m299840) HM
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This building possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America — — Map (db m119010) HM
"Personally I
am a social worker
who flies for sport.
I cannot
claim to be a feminist, but do
rather enjoy seeing women tackling all kinds of new problems...new for them, that is."
Amelia Earhart (1897-1937).
One of five original . . . — — Map (db m270692) HM
Erected by
The Burns Memorial Association
of Quincy Mass.
in honor of
Robert Burns
Scotland's most famous poet
and advocate of liberty
and democracy
"No Spartan tube, no Attic shell
No lyre Æolian I awake . . . — — Map (db m119033) HM
Built in 1828, this church is the fourth edifice to house the town's earliest congregation and is the resting place of two United States Presidents and First Ladies. The building was endowed by John Adams, who specified it be a "Temple of stone" . . . — — Map (db m234475) HM
Here stood the cedar incorporated in the seal of the City of Quincy and blown down in the gale of November 1898. Nearby was the site of the maypole erected by Thomas Morton, May 1, 1627. — — Map (db m295457) HM
In Honor Of
Our Patriot Soldiers.
Killed in Battle.
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Died of Wounds
Received in Battle.
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Died in Prison.
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Died of Disease
contracted in the Army . . . — — Map (db m119039) HM
Here was buried
Colonel John Quincy
of
Mount Wollaston
1689 - 1767
From whom Quincy was named
1792
The Quincy Historical Society places this Memorial
1904 — — Map (db m234478) HM
The International
H. C. B. and C.
Laborer's Union
of America
to
D. D'Alessandro
[Bronze bas-relief panels]
Domenico D’Alessandro
International H. C. B. and C.
Laborer's Union of America [seal]
Labor omnia vincit ["Work conquers . . . — — Map (db m119230) HM
Erected by
John Veader
in memory of his daughter
Etta M. Hutchins
wife of Samuel G. Hutchins
Died Feb. 20, 1901
aged 34 yrs.
This grave given my beloved neice [sic]
by her Uncle Joseph Veader
Her last request was
"I want . . . — — Map (db m122535) HM
This walk through the Park follows the former Runway 3 the longest of the three WWII runways constructed at Squantum Naval Air Station. The four paths that cross the now grassy runway define the two southern flightpaths to Logan International . . . — — Map (db m283857) HM
Born Dec. 12, 1901
Enlisted March 30, 1917
Killed in Action when
U.S.S. Jacob Jones
was torpedoed at sea
Dec. 6, 1917
First Quincy Boy
killed in the World War — — Map (db m119043) WM
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
The Granite Railway
Designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers 1976
This marker commemorates the 150th anniversary of the ground breaking for the first commercial railroad in the . . . — — Map (db m49466) HM
This gateway marks the foot of the old incline, a part of the Granite Railway.
The idea of this railway was conceived and carried out by Gridley Bryant, in the face of great opposition but supported by Thomas Handasyd Perkins, to transport the . . . — — Map (db m198169) HM
Hancock Cemetery dates from the earliest days of European settlement. For many years this was the town's only burial ground, and remained the main burial ground until the 1850s. Generations of the Adams, Quincy, and other prominent American . . . — — Map (db m234479) HM
Set apart after 1640 • • • • • Here lie buried The early settlers of the town the first minister the first teacher Rev. John Hancock (1702 – 1744) for whom this place is named Father of the patriot Henry Adams (1583 – 1646) and . . . — — Map (db m31249) HM
Harriet Quimby (1873-1912)
was the first licensed woman
pilot in the United States, as well
as the first woman to fly the
English Channel.
A journalist by trade, her
glamorous style and accounts of
her aviation adventures
captivated the . . . — — Map (db m270564) HM
Here lyeth the body of Henry Adams founder of the Braintree branch of the Adams family in America buried in this cemetery Oct. 8, 1646 — — Map (db m31253) HM
James R. McIntyre, AB. M.A. J.D.
1930-1984
This Building Dedicated in his Honor
Quincy Native, Scholar, Officer of Marines, Korean War, Attorney, Statesman and Gentleman.
Served his city and state with honor and distinction as councillor, . . . — — Map (db m234476) HM
Farmer Lawyer Patriot Diplomat First Vice President Second President of the United States Side of Monument: There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public . . . — — Map (db m18052) HM
Farmer•Architect of American Independence•Statesman
John Adams October 30, 1735 - July 4 1826
Second President of the United States, 1797 - 1801
First Vice President of the United States, 1789 - 1797
First American Minister to the . . . — — Map (db m234482) HM
On this site was born
John Hancock
January 23, 1737
Son of Reverend John Hancock,
pastor of what is now the
First Parish Church, Quincy
On his father's death, he was
adopted by his uncle — Boston's
wealthiest . . . — — Map (db m118703) HM
On this spot
stood the dwelling
wherein was born
John Hancock
President of the Congress
of the United States
XII January MDCCXXXVII — — Map (db m119009) HM
John Winthrop, Jr., Blast Furnace
has been designated an
Historical Landmark by
American Society for Metals.
In 1644, John Winthrop Jr. built the first commercial blast iron furnace in America at Quincy, Massachusetts, where it produced . . . — — Map (db m282027) HM
These are the remains of the earliest iron smelting furnace in America, constructed in 1644 and in operation by spring, 1645.
Under the direction of John Winthrop, Jr. - future governor of Connecticut and a participant in the early years of . . . — — Map (db m298953) HM
In
grateful tribute
to the
Men of Quincy
who died in
the Korean War
Robert I. Adams • Thomas B. Bishop • Lawrence A. Bruno
Herman E. Buzbee • James H. Cameron • Howard E. Davis
Walter A. Della Chiesa • Robert J. Duffy • Kenneth . . . — — Map (db m119122) WM
Site of Quincy’s Liberty Tree used as a rallying place for patriotic societies prior to the American Revolution. Granite Manufacturers Association 1956 — — Map (db m107410) HM
In Grateful Remembrance of The Men of Quincy, Mass. formerly called Braintree who on land and sea fought to establish the independence of the United States of America in The Revolution of 1775-1783 Ebenezer Adams • Daniel Arnold • Hezekiah Bass • . . . — — Map (db m31244) WM
The role of Squantum Point in naval aviation history began in 1917 when it was commissioned as the U.S. Naval Air Station Squantum. Just months later the "Victory Plant" was constructed where the Marina Bay development is today. The plant's 8000 . . . — — Map (db m270658) HM
Moswetuset Hummock was the seat of Chickatawbut, Sagamore of the Massachusetts Indians; adjoining were their planting grounds. "Massachusetts" means "at the Great (Blue) Hills." With Chickatawbut Governor Winthrop made a treaty which was never . . . — — Map (db m295833) HM
The seat of the Sachem of that tribe of Indians from which the Colony, the Province, and the Commonwealth derive the name of Massachusetts — — Map (db m290257) HM
Before colonial times, Native Americans would have seen creeks and wetlands here in Quincy Bay, which provided them with abundant sources of food: shellfish, fish, waterfowl, and migratory birds — even whales. They lived here during spring and . . . — — Map (db m308383) HM
At the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, held at Squantum in 1910, just seven years after the historic Wright Brothers flight at Kitty Hawk, a Bleriot monoplane piloted by Claude Grahame-White won the race to the Boston Light. World-class aviators such as . . . — — Map (db m270561) HM
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior [ Back of marker ] “It is but the farm of a Patriot” • • • • • John Adams, 1788 — — Map (db m40652) HM
John Adams was born in 1735 in the house at the rear of the lot. John Quincy Adams was born in 1767 in the house at today's street corner. Here, Abigail Adams managed house and farm for several years during the Revolution. Here, John Adams drafted . . . — — Map (db m299842) HM
Built in 1844 when Quincy granite was at the height of its popularity as a monumental architectural material. The residents of Quincy intended their Town Hall to be a testament to the quality of their granite industry. Solomon Willard, architect of . . . — — Map (db m234477) HM
Solomon Willard
Architect and Builder
Bunker Hill Monument
"Posterity ought to know that they are
more indebted to Solomon Willard than
to any other person for the monument"
Amos Lawrence, President
Bunker Hill Monument Association . . . — — Map (db m282038) HM
Within this Tomb are the Remains of
Solomon Willard
Born in Petersham Mass.
June 26, 1783
Died in Quincy Feb. 27, 1861
A public spirited and patriotic citizen
an accomplished architect
whose memory will always be associated
with . . . — — Map (db m282395) HM
Boston's park system was created by the Metropolitan Parks Commission in 1893, and represents the crowning accomplishment of landscape architect Charles Eliot and journalist Sylvester Baxter. After the Commission's first two years almost seven . . . — — Map (db m271253) HM
The Souther Tide Mill
History of the Tide Mill
The original tidal grist mill on this site was established in 1806. Three generations of the Souther family owned and operated the grist mill and say mills here from 1815 to 1888. The mill . . . — — Map (db m307830) HM
The Souther Tide Mill
Quincy's Coastal Heritage
The Souther Tide Mill is the last vestige of a 275 year-old history of coastal commercial activity in Quincy's upper Town River Bay. Here, grain was ground into flour and meal to feed a . . . — — Map (db m307831) HM
For the first 6000 years of human úse of
this peninsula, Squantum Point
remained largely unchanged by the
native peoples who foraged the land and
by the early European settlers who later
harvested its salt marsh hay. During the
first half of . . . — — Map (db m270988) HM
Has Been Designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
in the commemorating the history of the
United States of America
1987
National Park Service
United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m263617) HM
In memory of
Three Brothers
who lived and died
in the service
of their Country.
Sons of Thomas Boylston
and Ann Harrod Adams
————————————
Thomas Boylston . . . — — Map (db m119177) WM
"The meeting-house and school-house and training-field are the scenes where New England men are formed... The virtues and talents of the people are there formed..."- John Adams
The colony of Massachusetts relied for its defense . . . — — Map (db m234480) HM
The advent of World War II
brought a surge of activity to the
air base at Squantum.
Seaplanes, land planes, and
blimps were stationed here.
To support the training of pilots
for the war, new Navy housing
new hangars, and paved
runways . . . — — Map (db m270664) HM
Within this church are the tombs of two Presidents of the United States and their wives John Adams – Second President 1735 1826 Abigail Adams 1744 1818 their son John Quincy Adams – Sixth President 1767 1848 Louisa Catherine Adams 1775 . . . — — Map (db m18051) HM
Dedicated to the
Citizens of Quincy
who made the
supreme sacrifice
in the
Vietnam War
Quincy Men
Killed or Missing in Action
Brian P. Ahern • Richard C. Archer • Francis Builaert
James E. Casale • Ralph Caspole • James H. . . . — — Map (db m119124) WM
In William Hutchinson's house near this spot his wife Anne tarried on her way to Rhode Island, exiled from Massachusetts by the General Court in April, 1638. — — Map (db m48816) HM
Born XXV February MDCCCXXXV
Died XXIX March MDCCCLXXVIII
First Master of this school
MDCCCLXXII-MDCCCLXXVIII
———————————
In Memory Of
William Royall Tyler A.B.
Born . . . — — Map (db m119011) HM
To commemorate the
Men and Women of Quincy
who honored her in
World War II
Lest We Forget Our War Dead
These Shall Not Have Died In Vain
[Roll of Honored Dead] — — Map (db m119084) WM
Dedicated to the memory of
the Quincy Boys who offered their
lives during the World War, that
our country and its institutions
might be preserved.
This memorial erected by a grateful city
Quincy, Massachusetts
May 30, . . . — — Map (db m119082) WM
