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The Site of the Boston Massacre

Along the Foods of the Freedom Trail Yummy walk you will find the commemorative memorial of the site of the Boston Massacre. A circle of cobblestones marks the spot in front of the Old State House building. As a matter of fact, the balcony of the Old State House was used by the governor at the time to tell the people of Boston to return to their homes after the massacre. Come along on a Yummy Walk tour of Boston and discover these and other historical facts about one of Boston's most famous historical neighborhoods.

The thirteen rings of cobblestones with a star placed in the middle were erected in 1888 as a tribute to those five men who lost their lives during what Samuel Adams labeled the Boston Massacre. On March 5th 1770 a minor dispute escalated between civilians and the British soldiers as a result of rising tensions. When relief soldiers were sent to the aid of the British they were met with an angry crowd throwing rocks, snow, ice and clubs. Soldiers then fired into the crowd killing five and wounding six others.

In addition to the cobblestone rings on the corner of Devonshire and State Street one can find a monument to the five men who died that day located in Boston Common. Every year on March 5th the Bostonian Society holds a reenactment of the events of the Boston Massacre. The Yummy Walk tour of the Freedom Trail will take you to the site of the Boston Massacre and the other related historical landmarks such as the Old State House and the Old Granary Burial Ground where the victims of the massacre are interred.