Boston Massacre Site
Place 6 of 19Massachusetts, USA

Boston Massacre Site

Boston Massacre Site emblem

The history

A ring of cobblestones below the Old State House balcony marks where British soldiers fired into a crowd on March 5, 1770, killing five — an incident the patriots turned into a rallying cry.

The archival photograph

Old State House decorated with flags (NYPL b11981587-G90F361 041ZB).tiff
1880 — Old State House decorated with flags (NYPL b11981587-G90F361 041ZB) · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is