Beacon Hill Monument

From the Stamp Act of 1765 and its repeal in 1766 through the establishment of the board of customs in 1767, the firing by British troops on the inhabitants of Boston on March 5, 1770, the Tea Act of 1773, the destruction of tea in Boston on December 16, the closing and guarding of the port of Boston on June 1, 1774, the General Congress at Philadelphia, the Provincial Congress of Concord, the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775, the Battle of Bunker Hill in June 1775, Washington's assumption of command of the army in July, the evacuation of Boston on March 17, 1776, the declaration of independence by Congress on July 4, 1776, Hancock's presidency, the capture of Hessians at Trenton on December 26, 1776, at Bennington on August 16, 1777, and the capture of the British army at Saratoga on October 17, the alliance with France on February 6, 1778, the formation of the Confederation of the United States on July 9, the Constitution of Massachusetts in 1780 with Bowdoin as president of the convention, the capture of the British army at York on October 19, 1781, the preliminaries of peace on November 30, 1782, the definitive Treaty of Peace on September 10, 1783, the Federal Constitution on September 17, 1787 and its ratification by the United States from 1787 to 1790, the assembling of the new Congress at New York on April 6, 1789, Washington's inauguration as President on April 30, and the funding of public debts on August 4, 1790, Beacon Hill was linked to the era of the American founding; in 1634 the General Court caused a beacon to be placed on its summit, in 1730 a brick and stone monument designed by Charles Bulfinch replaced the beacon, and after that monument was removed in 1811 when the hill was cut down, it was reproduced in stone in 1898 by the Bunker Hill Monument Association.

Cambridge, Massachusetts · United States