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Site of the Boston Massacre
A brass and stone marker below the balcony Practical Information
on the eastern façade of the Old State Washington & State Sts.
House indicates the site of the Boston Map 2 D4.
Massacre (see pp22–3). After the Boston Tel (617) 720-1713.
Tea Party (see p77), this was one of the ∑ bostonhistory.org
most inflammatory events leading up Open 9am–5pm daily (to 6pm
to the American Revolution. On March 5, late May–early Sep). Closed Jan 1,
1770, an unruly mob of colonists taunted Thanksgiving, Dec 25. & ^ 8
Marker on the site of British guardsmen with insults, rocks, and 7 =
the Boston Massacre snowballs. The soldiers opened fire, killing Transport
five colonists. A number of articles relating  State.
to the Boston Massacre are exhibited inside the Old State House,
including a musket found near the site and a coroner’s report
detailing the incident.

British Unicorn and Lion
A royal symbol of Britain, the
original lion and unicorn were
pulled down when news of the
Declaration of Independence
reached Boston in 1776.

. East Façade
This façade has seen many
changes. An earlier clock from the
1820s was removed in 1957 and
replaced with an 18th-century
replica of the sundial that once
hung here. The clock has now
been reinstated.

Council Chamber
Once the chambers for
the royal governors, and
from 1780 chambers for the first
governor of Massachusetts (John Hancock),
this room has seen many key events. Among
them were numer ous impassioned speeches
made by Boston patriots.

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