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This is the sight of Samuel Adams' tombstone in Boston. The funny thing is that some ignorant people attribute the Samuel Adams Beer with this man. Although Sam Adams was a brewer (and a tax collector) for some part of his life, he enjoyed success with neither. Instead, Sam Adams was a well known propogandist during the ...
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John Hancock is buried at the Granary Burying Ground. He was a very prominent and outspoken figure of the revolution, and has one of the most famous signatures in history. He was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence and signed his name big enough so the King of England would be able to read it clearly. This inspired the phrase ...
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The Massachusetts State House, located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA is the seat of government for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Located in the Boston neighborhood of Beacon Hill, the building houses the Massachusetts General Court and the offices of the Governor of Massachusetts The State House was designed by Charles Bulfinch as a ...
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On May 28, 1863, the largest crowd in Boston's history assembled to send off the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment to fight in the Civil War. Many onlookers had purchased a souvenir of the day containing a quote from the English poet Lord Byron:
What's impressive about this memorial is the optical illusion involved. The ...
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