While red granite is found elsewhere in the world, this block is from the same quarry that provided stones for the outer casing of Menkaure's pyramid at Giza, Egypt and for other ancient monuments and statues. This block is the same size as the ones . . . — — Map (db m186292) HM
Brad Washburn (1910–2007) was founding director of the Museum and served in that role from 1939 until 1980. Explorer, mountaineer, aerial photographer, and cartographer, Brad created detailed maps of Mount Everest, the Grand Canyon, Denali (then . . . — — Map (db m176243) HM
This full-size Tyrannosaurus rex model was made in the 1960's. At that time only five T. rex skeletons had ever been found. All
were incomplete, leaving many questions about this prehistoric animal unanswered.
Tyrannosaurus rex Since then, . . . — — Map (db m176244) HM
Harriet A. Jacobs was born into
slavery in Edenton, North
Carolina, to Delilah Horniblow and Daniel Jacobs.
Harriet and her brother John (who
later lectured for the abolitionist
movement) were orphaned at an early
age and passed down to . . . — — Map (db m176358) HM
Josiah Quincy was born to a family of patriots, U.S. Presidents, and public leaders all deeply rooted in American history. Graduating from Harvard College in 1790, Josiah Quincy first served as a U.S. Congressman (1805-1813), then in the . . . — — Map (db m249170) HM
The greatest American mathematician and philosopher of his time, a fellow of the Royal Society, lived here from 1746 to 1779 1714-1779 — — Map (db m177014) HM
Richard T. Greener, the first African American to graduate from Harvard College, had a distinguished career in public service.
Greener was born in Philadelphia. His father, a sailor, disappeared in the Gold Rush in 1853. The family moved to . . . — — Map (db m215383) HM
The Founding of Newtowne
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Puritans of Lincolnshire and East Anglia, England, in anticipation of their emigration to New England, organized the Massachusetts Bay Company in 1628, and obtained a grant of the . . . — — Map (db m215331) HM
Clement Garnett Morgan, a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, was the first African American elected to the Board of Alderman in Cambridge. He was a founder of the Niagara Movement, a predecessor of the National Association for . . . — — Map (db m215272) HM
Historic Plaque On this spot stood Jake & Earl's Dixie BBQ
A favorite hangout of local patriots
Destroyed by a regiment of British troops in
the spring of 1775.
Officially not on the Freedom Trail, it was
still one of Paul Revere's . . . — — Map (db m70038) HM
This park is dedicated in memory of
Danny Lewin
May 14, 1970 - September 11, 2001
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer
Akamai Technologies, Inc. — — Map (db m215200) HM WM
Site of the Fourth Meeting House built in 1756. Here Washington worshipped in 1775. Constitutional Convention of Massachusetts held here in 1779. Lafayette welcomed here in 1824. — — Map (db m77777) HM
Built by the Province of The Massachusetts Bay in New England, in 1763
Named in honor of Thomas Hollis of London, Merchant, and other members of the same family, constant and generous benefactors of Harvard College from 1719 to 1804
. . . — — Map (db m109037) HM
Near this spot from 1655 to 1698 stood the Indian College. Here American Indian and English students lived and studied in accordance with the 1650 charter of Harvard College calling for the education of the English and Indian youth of this . . . — — Map (db m77789) HM
Erected in memory of
John "Muggsie" Kelly
March 6, 1923 - May 18, 1982
He gave his life during construction
Harvard Square Station — — Map (db m215384) HM
Near this spot as indicated in the street pavement stood when the College was founded two houses.
To the East
The house occupied by Nathaniel Eaton first teacher of the college 1638 - 1639 while the College Hall was building.
To . . . — — Map (db m215405) HM
This building, designed by Alexander Esty and constructed between 1867 and 1870,
has been listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places since 1982.
All who enter here are welcome! — — Map (db m177013) HM
The Reverend Joseph McKean Std LLD
Born at Ipswich Massachusetts 19 April 1776
Died at Havana Cuba 17 March 1818
A graduate of this college 1794
Teacher of youth, minister of the Gospel
Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory . . . — — Map (db m215389) HM
In honor of
Thomas Shepard
Pastor of the
Church in Cambridge
1636 - 1649
Member of
the first Board
of Overseers
of Harvard College
1637 - 1649
It was with respect unto this vigilancy and the enlightening and powerful . . . — — Map (db m215393) HM
To Harvard University students faculty staff alumni whose generosity fifty years ago opened doors to student refugees from Nazi persecution. May this tree express in grace and beauty the abiding and heartfelt gratitude of the recipients. — — Map (db m215387) HM WM
University Hall (1813-1815) was designed by Charles Bulfinch (Harvard Class of 1781) and is a National Historic Landmark. The statue is by Daniel Chester French. It represents John Harvard, of whom no known likeness exists. The model was Sherman . . . — — Map (db m215386) HM
An Gorta Mór - The Great Hunger
Ireland 1845 - 1850
Dedicated by the President of Ireland, Mary Robinson
July 23, 1997
Never again should a people starve in a world of plenty — — Map (db m215356) HM
The Pasture
When Cambridge was settled in 1630, the town extended 35 miles into the countryside and all the land outside the village was held in common. The most desirable tracts were distributed to settlers, but some pastures were . . . — — Map (db m215360) HM
The Soldiers and Sailors of Cambridge, whose names here are inscribed, died in the service of their country, in the war for the maintenance of the Union. To perpetuate the memory of their valor and patriotism, this Monument is erected by the City, . . . — — Map (db m177016) HM WM
At this place General Henry Knox delivered to General George Washington in January 1776 the train of artillery brought from Fort Ticonderoga to force the enemy to evacuate Boston. — — Map (db m17963) HM
Near this spot on July 3, 1775,
George Washington
took command of the American Army
In memory of this event, this gate, was erected A.D. October, 1906 — — Map (db m215363) WM
Beginnings
Cambridge was founded in 1630 as a new settlement meant by the Puritan leaders in Boston to be their permanent capital. The site chosen was a low hill three miles up the Charles River and hence safe from attack by sea. Streets . . . — — Map (db m215376) HM
A Revolution in Cambridge
March on Elmwood
On September 1 and 2, 1774, hundreds of New England militiamen gathered on the Cambridge Common to demand the resignation of three members of the Mandamus Council recently appointed by . . . — — Map (db m215365) HM
Newtowne
One of the Neatest and Best Compacted Towns
So wrote William Wood in New England's Prospect in 1633. At this time, sixty families occupied the first planned community in America, in which the houses were required to . . . — — Map (db m215372) HM
Old Cambridge
The Transformation of Old Cambridge
The Forces of Change and Growth
Before 1900, new public water supplies, sewers, and parks had opened the way for development in and around old Cambridge. Completion of the subway in . . . — — Map (db m215368) HM
Reverend Thomas Hooker and his congregation took this path on their exodus from Cambridge in 1636. The strong bent of their spirits caused them to seek new lands and eventually to found Hartford in Connecticut. second marker: View of . . . — — Map (db m44255) HM
He represented those who had no voice, position or power. He exemplified those principles on which this nation was founded.
Proclamation of the City of Cambridge, 2008
The five black panels are . . . — — Map (db m215348) HM WM
Past this place at midnight, April 18-19, 1775, rode at the gallop William Dawes, member of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company and first rider to alert the Minutemen that the British were marching on Lexington and Concord. Route of William . . . — — Map (db m177009) HM
Washington Street, Somerville, and Kirkland and Brattle Streets, Cambridge, "Skirting marshes and river," follow the old Indian trail from Charlestown to Watertown. Along this way in 1636 went the Reverend Thomas Hooker and his congregation on their . . . — — Map (db m48017) HM
William H. Lewis, a graduate of Harvard Law School, was the first African American to serve as assistant attorney general of the United States.
Born in Berkeley, Virginia, Lewis went to public schools in nearby Portsmouth, where his father was a . . . — — Map (db m222997) HM
On the evening of October 11, 1920, James Walter Mullally, a crossing tender on the Boston & Maine Railroad at the North Cambridge station, which was located nearby, lost his life in a vain attempt to rescue the aged Mrs. Emma Osgood from an . . . — — Map (db m100461) HM
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, a novelist and editor, was born in Portland, Maine, the daughter of Northrup and Sarah Hopkins. Among her mother's relatives was the Reverend Thomas Paul, the founder
and first pastor of the African Meeting
House on Joy . . . — — Map (db m222931) HM
The Reverend P. Thomas Stanford is best known as an author and as the protégé of the
Reverend Henry Ward Beecher and
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born into slavery in Hampton, Virginia, Stanford was orphaned at an early age when his parents were . . . — — Map (db m222399) HM
Emery T. Morris was a prominent member of the Niagara Movement, an early civil rights organization.
Morris was born in Salem, Massachusetts, on October 9, 1849. He was a nephew of Robert Morris, an African American attorney and abolitionist. His . . . — — Map (db m223022) HM
Location chosen in 1630 to be the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Settled in 1631 under leadership of Thomas Dudley and called the New Town. The College ordered to be here, 1637. Name changed to Cambridge after the English University Town, . . . — — Map (db m48824) HM
Here Joan Baez and Bob Dylan sang duets, Muddy Waters played the blues, and Tom Rush, the Charles River Valley Boys and Eric Von Schmidt led the 60s folk revival. — — Map (db m215316) HM
Hear!
Dr. Martin Luther King
at
First Baptist Church
Central Square, Cambridge, Massachsuetts
Sunday, January 10, 1960 -- 7:30 P.M.
Special music by the Boston University Seminary Singers
Sponsored by the Cambridge . . . — — Map (db m215277) HM
Franklin Hamilton Wright, a life-long resident of Riverside, was an early member of the City Council and one of the founders of the Cambridge Community Center. — — Map (db m215279) HM
Here stood the original meeting house of the First Church in Cambridge.
Built in 1632 and the center of the civic and religious life of the town.
Here ministered 1633 - 1636
Thomas Hooker
a peerless leader
of
New England . . . — — Map (db m215326) HM
The Cambridge schoolmaster from 1717 to 1730
Governor's Councillor from 1739 to 1774
A Mandamus Councillor in 1774
Lived in a house on this site
— — Map (db m215319) HM
Site of the early home of a founder of Cambridge (1603 - 1697) and his wife the poet (1612 - 1672) who was the first American woman writer — — Map (db m215406) HM
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois is considered the most influential African American thinker of the first half of the 20th century.
Born and raised in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois was largely educated in Cambridge. Blacks were . . . — — Map (db m215315) HM
Charlotte Hawkins Brown was the founder of the Palmer Memorial Institute, a private preparatory school for African American children in Sedalia, North Carolina.
Charlotte, born in Henderson, N.C., was the daughter of Carole Hawkins and . . . — — Map (db m215274) HM
From this site on October 9, 1876 the first two-way long distance telephone conversation was carried on for three hours. From here in Cambridgeport Thomas G. Watson spoke over a telegraph wire to Alexander Graham Bell at the office of the Walworth . . . — — Map (db m49766) HM
Lewis and John Milton Clarke, who were among the many contributors to the antislavery cause in Cambridge, were born in Madison County, Kentucky. They were the sons of an elderly white Revolutionary War veteran and a mulatto daughter of Samuel . . . — — Map (db m215275) HM
A mural depicting the people, places and events from the history of Area 4 in Cambridge (historically known as Port and Cambridgeport) — — Map (db m215382) HM
Founded in 1890, the Massachusetts Avenue Baptist Church is one of the oldest African-American congregations in Cambridge. The Church was erected in 1902 and 1910 in the Romanesque Revival style, has received a matching grant from Massachusetts . . . — — Map (db m215269) HM
Alberta Virginia Scott, a resident of Cambridgeport, was the first African American graduate of Radcliffe College.
Alberta was born near Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of Smith and Fanny Bunch Scott. When she was six years old, her family . . . — — Map (db m215266) HM
Benedict M. Carvalho Sq.
F 2/c United States Navy
Born July 7, 1921
Killed in Action, February 1, 1943
Solomon Island
George Carvalho Sq.
Born April 25, 1926
T/5c United States Army
Died August 6, 1971
Cambridge . . . — — Map (db m215270) WM
John J. Fatal, a school desegregation advocate and elected official, was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, to parents of African and West Indian heritage.
While living in Boston, Fatal joined the Boston Vigilance Committee and helped . . . — — Map (db m215267) HM
Lunsford Lane was a successful businessman who purchased his freedom and then had to flee the South the escape the anger of resentful whites.
Lane, who was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, grew up as the slave of a prominent citizen of the . . . — — Map (db m215265) HM
William Wells Brown, an escaped slave who became the first African American novelist, was born on the Kentucky plantation of Dr. John Young. Later he was owned by three different masters in the St. Louis area. At one point he was a handyman in . . . — — Map (db m215264) HM
Christ Church was established in 1759 to serve Cambridge's Anglican community, including students at Harvard College.
Peter Harrison, the preeminent architect of his day, designed this church, King's Chapel in Boston, and Touro Synagogue . . . — — Map (db m215346) HM
The thirteen tower bells, known as The Harvard Chime, were given in 1860 by Richard Henry Dana, Jr., author of Two Years Before the Mast, with other Harvard alumni and citizens of Cambridge.
Theodore Roosevelt taught Sunday School . . . — — Map (db m215347) HM
To the memory of Gen. Casimir Pulaski, Polish Patriot who fought for freedom on two continents. He volunteered his services to the Continental Army of the U. S. For distinguished service at the Battle of Brandywine, he was appointed a Brigadier . . . — — Map (db m18166) HM
To the memory of Gen. Thaddeus Kosciuszko, Polish Patriot • Hero of two continents • Champion of Liberty and the rights of man • He came to America in 1776 and volunteered his services for the cause of American Revolution • His valor and genius . . . — — Map (db m18167) HM
Erected by the City A.D. 1876, to the memory of John Hicks, William Marcy, Moses Richardson, buried here. Jason Russel, Jabez Wyman, Jason Winship, buried in vicinity.
Men of Cambridge who fell in defence of liberty of the people April 9, . . . — — Map (db m215344) WM
Here at the river’s edge the settlers of Watertown led by Sir Richard Saltonstall landed July 30, 1630.
Here Reverend George Phillips protest in 1632 against taxation without representation struck the first note of civil liberty heard in this . . . — — Map (db m43365) HM
Here at the river's edge the settlers of Watertown led by Sir Richard Saltonstall landed in June 1630. Later this spot became known as Gerry's Landing, for Elbridge Gerry, signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Massachusetts who . . . — — Map (db m48016) HM
These cannon were abandoned at Fort Independence (Castle William) by the British forces when they evacuated the City of Boston March 17, 1776. — — Map (db m18003) HM
Built in 1759 Headquarters for George Washington 1775 – 1776 . Home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Family & Descendants 1837 1950 — — Map (db m19085) HM
Washington’s General Orders given at Cambridge, July 4, 1775
“The Continental Congress having taken all the troops of the several Colonies, which have been raised, or which may be hereafter raised for the support and defense of the Liberties . . . — — Map (db m17999) HM
On this site stood the original meeting house where Minutemen, from what is now Carlisle, assembled and marched to the North Bridge in Concord April 19, 1775
Stg. James Nickles • Pvt. Nathon Munroe •
Pvt. John Nickles • Pvt. Aaron Munroe • . . . — — Map (db m103323) HM WM
Harriet B. Rogers, assisted by Mary S. Byam, opened here in 1866 the Chelmsford School, the first in America to successfully teach lip-reading and speech to deaf children. In 1867 it was moved to Northampton as the Clarke School for the Deaf. — — Map (db m42365) HM
South-southeast face:
In honor
of the
Townsmen of Chelmsford
in the
War of the Revolution
This monument is erected
by a
Grateful posterity.
East-northeast face:
Lt. Col. Moses Parker
and
Capt. Benj. Walker
Wounded at . . . — — Map (db m31182) HM
“The world has seen no grander movement than that of our Revolution . . . The people, to a man, were full of a great and noble sentiment. It is marvelous to see how many powerful writers, orators, and soldiers started up just at the . . . — — Map (db m45235) HM
19 April 1775 Near this site was buried a British soldier of the 4th the King’s Own Regt. of Foot fatally wounded at North Bridge — — Map (db m18168) HM
Here on this site lived the Brown family of Concord, who arrived from England in 1644. The exposed foundation on you left is from the first Brown family home. During the 1750s, their descendent David Brown constructed a new house. On your right, the . . . — — Map (db m18204) HM
On the morning of April 19, 1775, approximately 400 colonials stood on the hill overlooking the North Bridge. As smoke rose from Concord center, the order to march was given. In the exchange of fire that followed, Captain Isaac Davis, who had . . . — — Map (db m18024) HM
In 1775 Casey was Samuel Whitney’s slave. When revolution came, he ran away to war, fought for the colonies, and returned to Concord a free man. — — Map (db m18526) HM
Here on the 19th of April 1775 was made the first forcible resistance to British aggression. On the opposite bank stood the American Militia. Here stood the invading Army and on this spot the first of the enemy fell in the War of that Revolution . . . — — Map (db m18021) HM
On the morning of April nineteenth, 1775, while the British held this bridge, the minute-men and militia of Concord and neighboring towns gathered on the hill across the river. There the Concord Adjutant, Joseph Hosmer, demanded, “Will you let . . . — — Map (db m18027) HM
West Face The Town of Concord builds this monument in honor of the brave men whose names it bears, and records with grateful pride that they found here a birthplace, home or grave. 1866.
East face They died for their country in . . . — — Map (db m107673) WM
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