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Boston African American National Historic SiteClose up of Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
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Boston African American National Historic Site
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Learn more about the people and places on the North Slope of Beacon Hill associated with the struggle for equal rights both within the city of Boston and in the nation.
Roger Williams National Memorial sign  

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In 1965 Congress passed a joint act establishing Roger Williams National Memorial but it would be almost 20 years until the park was opened. “This park should remind us that the freedom for which Roger Williams fought so hard for did not come easy like the park itself,” stated Senator Claiborne Pell
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