Concord, Mass., honors its war heroes with a collection of monuments on the town green. The first and largest memorial on Monument Square is the 30-foot granite obelisk honoring Concord residents killed in the Civil War. A dedication plaque on the monument’s west face reads, “The Town of Concord builds this monument in honor of […]
A small plaque in a Boston park marks the site of the Great Molasses Flood, which killed 21 people in 1919. The disaster is marked with a small plaque on a playground wall near 529 Commercial Street. The molasses flood occurred on January 15, 1919, when an industrial holding tank with 2.3 million gallons of […]
Massachusetts honors a largely African American Civil War regiment with a notable Saint-Gaudens monument on Boston Common. The Robert Gould Shaw Memorial, dedicated in 1897 near the corner of Beacon and Park streets, honors Shaw and the members of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The unit blended white officers with African American troops recruited […]
Monuments on both sides of the Old North Bridge in Concord, Mass., mark the site of the first militia victory in the American Revolution. The famous “shot heard ‘round the world” was fired on April 19, 1775, by a member of a militia raised from Concord and nearby towns including Acton, Bedford and Lincoln. The […]
The first major battle of the American Revolution is commemorated with a large granite obelisk in the Charlestown section of Boston. The 221-foot obelisk was dedicated in 1843 to honor the Battle of Bunker Hill, which was fought on June 17, 1775, on Breed’s Hill (more about the hills later). Inside the monument, 294 steps […]
The Town of Orleans, Mass., honors its Civil War veterans with two monuments along Main Street. At the corner of Main Street and Monument Road stands an 1883 monument depicting an infantry officer standing atop a granite base. While the monument’s appearance resembles many traditional Civil War monuments, the Orleans monument is uncommon because the […]
For today’s post, we take our first look at a monument outside the state of Connecticut by highlighting the War of the Rebellion monument in Stockbridge, Mass. The monument, located at the intersection of West Main and Pine streets, is a brownstone obelisk, topped by a bronze eagle sculpture, that was dedicated in 1866. The […]
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