These memorials and monuments commemorate events, battles, and wars stretching back to the earliest days of the American Revolution and encompassing more recent conflicts such as the Second Gulf War and the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut.
Erected in 1900 and depicting militia Captain John Parker, the statue looms at one end of Lexington Common, which is situated among the scene of the first battle in the Revolutionary War.
General Washington ordered three batteries to be built for cannon aimed at Boston across the river. These mounds are what’s left, the last reminder dating uninterrupted to the 18th century of the Continental Army’s Cambridge presence.
Though recently co-opted by some on the right, the original Tea Party involved dumping more than 10,000 pounds of tea from three ships docked off what was called Griffin Wharf.
In September 1774, the British launched a pre-emptive raid against the magazines of colonial militia. Within a year, such thievery would blow up in their face.
The sculpture commemorating the Civil War role of the 54th Massachusetts, the first all-black regiment in the American army, took Augustus Saint-Gaudens nearly 14 years to complete. It was unveiled in 1897.
Unveiled in 1903, it commemorates Joseph Hooker, who commanded the Army of the Potomac in 1863, declaring, “May God have mercy on General Lee, for I will have none.”
Finished in 1877, the hall continues as a monument to those Harvard students and alum who died fighting for the U.S. in the Civil War (Confederate casualties are not mentioned).
The memorial to the more than 1,500 Massachusetts casualties in the war—and the dozens still missing—is located in the Charlestown Navy Yard and was finished in 1993.
Located in Christopher Columbus Park and unveiled in 1992, this commemorates those killed in the 1983 terrorist attack on a barracks in the Lebanese capital.
Dating from 1872, this granite memorial commemorates Civil War soldiers and sailors from Charlestown. It's located in the same field where colonial minutemen trained during the American Revolution
As the City of Boston puts it, "Dorchester Heights is famous for a battle that never happened." Basically, the British ceded the heights to Washington's fortified troops there, and evacuated Boston in March 1776. The marble monument was dedicated in 1902.
Erected in 1900 and depicting militia Captain John Parker, the statue looms at one end of Lexington Common, which is situated among the scene of the first battle in the Revolutionary War.
General Washington ordered three batteries to be built for cannon aimed at Boston across the river. These mounds are what’s left, the last reminder dating uninterrupted to the 18th century of the Continental Army’s Cambridge presence.
Though recently co-opted by some on the right, the original Tea Party involved dumping more than 10,000 pounds of tea from three ships docked off what was called Griffin Wharf.
In September 1774, the British launched a pre-emptive raid against the magazines of colonial militia. Within a year, such thievery would blow up in their face.
The sculpture commemorating the Civil War role of the 54th Massachusetts, the first all-black regiment in the American army, took Augustus Saint-Gaudens nearly 14 years to complete. It was unveiled in 1897.
Unveiled in 1903, it commemorates Joseph Hooker, who commanded the Army of the Potomac in 1863, declaring, “May God have mercy on General Lee, for I will have none.”
Finished in 1877, the hall continues as a monument to those Harvard students and alum who died fighting for the U.S. in the Civil War (Confederate casualties are not mentioned).
The memorial to the more than 1,500 Massachusetts casualties in the war—and the dozens still missing—is located in the Charlestown Navy Yard and was finished in 1993.
Located in Christopher Columbus Park and unveiled in 1992, this commemorates those killed in the 1983 terrorist attack on a barracks in the Lebanese capital.