On December 17, 2023, join the National Parks of Boston at the Great Hall in Faneuil Hall for compelling reenactments of two historic meetings to commemorate the landmark 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.

Faneuil Hall 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts is not the Faneuil Hall of 1767, Nor is Boston for that fact. Today, Faneuil Hall, and the adjacent Quincy Hall Marketplace, is an international destination for shoppers to the historic marketplace in the oldest part of Boston. Faneuil Hall, a gift to the residents of Boston from Peter Faneuil, allowed for a more formal marketplace and meeting hall which became the meeting place in Boston by the 1770’s. As tension grew with the m

In 2024, the National Parks of Boston and its partners commemorated the 249th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill with several events throughout June.

Most famous for his elegant signature on the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock lived a life near the political center of Boston. His wealth and popularity led to a highly successful political career and a place as one of the Founders of the United States.

Harry Dana procured a unique assortment of letters from the American Revolution, largely related to George Washington’s time in his Cambridge headquarters. Now in the collections of Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, these letters provide insight into what people chose to “intrust to a Letter."

Built in 1723, Christ Church is better known as Old North. Boston’s oldest church building, it remains an active Episcopal Church. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow memorialized Old North’s role at the start of the Revolutionary War in his poem, “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.”On the night of April 18, 1775, sexton Robert Newman hung two lanterns in the steeple to warn Charlestown patriots of advancing British soldiers.

As the first victim of the Boston Massacre, Crispus Attucks became a symbol of the Black freedom struggle in the United States.

George Middleton led the Bucks of America, a local Black militia during the American Revolution. After the war, he became an activist and community leader, helping found the African Society and serving as the 3rd Grand Master of the Prince Hall Masons.

Jamaica Jones enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts, and was present at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Radical? Virtuous Puritan? Demagogue? Perhaps all of these. Whatever one may think of Samuel Adams, it must be conceded that he stood as, above all else, an ardent patriot.