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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCA0_granary-burying-ground_Boston-MA.html
Within this ground are buriedJohn Hancock, Samuel Adamsand Robert Treat Paine,signers of the Declaration of Independence;GovernorsRichard Bellingham, William Dummer,James Bowdoin, Increase Sumner,James Sullivan and Christopher Gore;Lieut. Governor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC9Y_paul-revere-buried-in-this-ground_Boston-MA.html
This tablet as a memorial to Paul Revereis erected by thePaul Revere Memorial Association tocommemorate the opening to the publicon April 19, 1908of his old house at No. 19 North Squarein this city.May the youth of today when they visitthis old ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC9H_the-old-state-house_Boston-MA.html
" . . . 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 Provincial Assembly met befor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC90_the-rail-fence-and-grass-line_Boston-MA.html
The rail fenceand grass line ofprotection formedafter the Britishtroops landedwas six hundredfeet in the rearat the base ofBunker Hill
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC8Z_the-breastwork_Boston-MA.html
The Breastworkthrown up on the morningof the seventeenth of June1775extended northerlythree hundred feet
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC8X_north-east-corner-of-the-redoubt_Boston-MA.html
North-East Cornerof theRedoubtthrown up on the nightof the sixteenth of June1775
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC8V_connecticut-gate_Boston-MA.html
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 Kn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC8U_united-states-gate_Boston-MA.html
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 Br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC8T_massachusetts-gate_Boston-MA.html
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 Pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC5D_on-these-heights_Boston-MA.html
On these heights,during the night of March 4, 1776,the American troops besieging Bostonbuilt two redoubtswhich made the harbor and townuntenable by the British fleet and garrison.On March 17, the British fleet,carrying 11,000 effective menand 1,00…