Boston Massacre victims’ monument

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The Boston Massacre victims’ monument is a commemorative memorial in Boston’s Granary Burying Ground honoring those killed in the 1770 confrontation between British soldiers and colonists.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commemorative monument
memorial
monument
associatedWith American Revolution history
Boston colonial history
associatedWithEvent Boston Massacre
associatedWithYearOfEvent 1770
commemorates Boston Massacre
victims of the Boston Massacre
country United States
hasCulturalSignificance symbol of early American resistance to British rule
hasFunction commemoration of the dead
public remembrance site
hasHeritage American Revolutionary era
hasSubject Boston Massacre victims
linked to: Boston Massacre
hasTheme American independence movement
colonial resistance
martyrdom
hasType historic graveyard monument
honors Crispus Attucks
James Caldwell
Patrick Carr
Samuel Gray
Samuel Maverick
isInHistoricCemetery Granary Burying Ground
isTouristAttraction true
languageOfInscriptions English
locatedIn Boston
Massachusetts
United States
locatedInCityCemetery Granary Burying Ground
location Granary Burying Ground
memorialType funerary monument
near Boston Common
Park Street Church
onHistoricTrail Freedom Trail
partOf Granary Burying Ground memorials
subjectOf Boston Massacre commemoration

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Granary Burying Ground hasFeature Boston Massacre victims’ monument
Samuel Gray commemoratedBy Boston Massacre memorials
linked to: Boston Massacre victims’ monument
State Street (Boston) hasLandmark Site of the Boston Massacre
subject linked to: State Street
linked to: Boston Massacre victims’ monument
Granary Burial Ground hasFeature Boston Massacre victims’ memorial
linked to: Boston Massacre victims’ monument