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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCB9_fort-washington_Cambridge-MA.html
Constructed November 1775 by theContinental Army underGeneral George Washington This fort was used during theSiege of Bostonand helped force itsevacuation by the British
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCA7_james-otis_Boston-MA.html
Here lies buriedJames OtisOrator and Patriot of the RevolutionFamous for his argumentagainst Writs of AssistanceBorn 1725 - Died 1783 Massachusetts Society - Sons of the Revolution1808
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCA5_samuel-adams_Boston-MA.html
Here lies buriedSamuel AdamsSigner of the Declaration of Independence,Governor of this Commonwealth,A leader of men and an ardent PatriotBorn 1722 ... Died 1803 Massachusetts Society - Sons of the Revolution1898
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCA2_kings-chapel-burial-ground_Boston-MA.html
Left Marker:Here were buriedGovernors of MassachusettsJohn Winthrop 1649, John Endicott 1665,John Leverett 1679, William Shirley 1771,Lieut. Governors of MassachusettsWilliam Phillips 1827, Thomas Lindall Winthrop 1841;Governors of ConnecticutJohn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCA1_william-dawes-jr_Boston-MA.html
Patriot, Son of Liberty,and first messenger sent byWarren from Boston to Lexingtonon the night of April 18-19 1775to warn Hancock and Adamsof the coming of the British troops.Born April 6 1745Died February 25 1799 Placed by theMassachusetts Soc…
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
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