Dorchester Heights - Boston Landmark
- Address: Thomas Park, Boston, MA 02127
- Phone: +1 617 242 5642
- Email: rgb@cpucorp.net
- Website:www.ids-center.com
Dorchester Heights
Thomas ParkBoston, MA 02127
Dorchester Heights Details
Full Amenity List
- Wheelchair Accessible
Descriptions from Across the Web
- A cannon placement on the monument's hill forced the British evacuation from Boston in 1776. more on TripAdvisor
- In 1776 Dorchester Heights hill commanded a clear view of central Boston, where the British had been under siege since the preceding year. Here George Washington set up the cannons that Henry Knox, a Boston bookseller turned soldier, and later secretary of war, had hauled through the wilderness a... more on Fodor's
- Driving the British from Boston had required months of grueling work on the part of colonists in New York and Massachusetts Bay. In November of 1775, Washington had dispatched Bostonian Henry Knox to retrieve badly needed cannon from Fort Ticonderoga, New York. Teamsters with eighty yoke of oxen ... more on Nps.gov
Directions
From Boston, MA Head south on Congress St toward Quaker Ln, Turn right at Dorchester Ave, Turn left at Summer St, Continue on L St, Turn right at E Broadway, Turn left at G St, Sharp right at Thomas Park
Hours
Monday To Sunday : Sunrise to 10:00 PM
Miscellaneous
- Admission: Free
- Events: http://www.mountgulian.org/events.html
Other Web Resources
- www.ids-center.com
- http://www.bostonusa.com
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