Sunday, March 6, 2016

Boston Massacre 246 Years Old March 5, 1770 - 2016 and Boston Bronze and Stone Spring Talk Schedule 2016


Boston Massacre Remembered after 246 years.


Robert Kraus Boston Massacre Monument

Boston Common Boston Bronze and Stone Speak o Us

Based on Paul Reveres' Lithograph "The Boston Massacre"1770


Boston Massacre Monument 1888
Boston Common /Lafayette Mall Tremont Street Robert Kraus (1850-1902), Sculptor Bronze / Stone

Freedom is symbolically victorious, cast in this bronze sculpture by Kraus.
This very dramatic Freedom, depicted with the flag, a broken chain, an American eagle, and a trod-upon British crown, are positioned before a column with the names of the five Bostonians killed by British soldiers in the 1770 encounter. The high relief bronze plaque below depicting the massacre features an extended hand which visitors love to shake, keeping it polished. Crispus Attucks, famed as the first black to give his life for this nation, lies in the foreground. His shoe also protrudes from the relief and visitors keep that polished as well.

"Boston Bronze and Stone Speak To Us" Spring Talk  Schedule 2016.


March 7th 2016 10:00 am - 11:00 am;  Unitarian- Universalist Church 309 Washington Street in Wellesley, MA
Thank you Fran Weisse of Wellesley -Weston Lifetime Learning Presentation of the "Greater Boston Cultural Institution"for inviting me.

May 17th 2016 7:00 PM; Thomas Crane Public Library 40 Washington Street Quincy, MA 02169.
Thank you Clayton Cheever for inviting me.

May 19th 2016 11:40 am - 1:00 PM;  University Of Mass Boston Campus ,OLLI Spring Brown Bag Presentation/ "Boston Bronze and stone Monuments and America's Leadership.
Thank you Merrilyn Quinian.

May 20 th 2016 1:00 PM - 2:00PM; Diamond Middle School , Lexington, MA Thank you MS Diane Gallagher for inviting me.

"Boston Bronze and Sone Speak To Us "book can be purchased on Amazon.com and local bookstores


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