Boston Massacre Site
What a dying man told his surgeon, and what John Adams did with it.
Listen to this place’s story in Peplos.
How the story begins
The soldiers who fired on this street got help at their trial from one of the men they killed. His name was Patrick Carr. He was an Irishman who worked for a leather-breeches maker a few blocks away. On the night of the fifth of March, 1770, the church bells rang and he went out. Witnesses said later that he wanted to take a sword, and that a neighbor talked him out of it. He got here just as the shots rang out.
The rest is in the app. Peplos plays the full story when you reach the place. You can also listen ahead of time.
Visiting
Sidewalk at State, Congress and Devonshire Streets, in front of the Old State House. Outdoors, free, at any hour. State station is directly below.
Photos
Sources
- National Park Service, The Boston Massacre Trial
- J. L. Bell, Boston 1775: Patrick Carr, breeches-maker, Massacre victim
- Irish Echo, Irish on both sides in the Boston Massacre (2020)
- Massachusetts Historical Society, Dr. John Jeffries (2014)
- History of Massachusetts, The Boston Massacre Marker
- Wikipedia, Patrick Carr (Boston Massacre)
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