#BostonHistory
Harriet Tubman came to Boston several times in the late 1850s and early 1860s to raise funds for her work on the Underground Railroad. www.nps.gov/articles/000... #HarrietTubman #Boston #BostonHistory
July 8, 2026 at 11:24 AM
To learn more about Walking Boston, you can also follow us on IG. To date we've posted over 800 photos, sharing what a private guided walking tour of the Freedom Trail with Ben Edwards, a relative of Paul Revere, is like. instagram.com/bostonhistory. #Boston #BostonHistory #PrivateTour #FreedomTrail
July 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The Harriet Tubman Memorial, also known as Step on Board, located in Harriet Tubman Park in the South End of Boston. tubmanboston.org #Boston #BostonHistory
April 13, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Did you know there's a room in Boston City Hall where you can see the entire city ✨in miniature?✨

#bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #bostonmuseum #thingstodoinboston #bostontourism #BOSCityHall
November 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial on Boston Common. #Boston #BostonHistory #BlackHistory #BlackHeritageTrail
April 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
To learn more about Walking Boston, you can also follow us on IG. To date we've posted over 900 photos, sharing what a private guided walking tour of the Freedom Trail with Ben Edwards, a relative of Paul Revere, is like. instagram.com/bostonhistory. #Boston #BostonHistory #PrivateTour #FreedomTrail
August 26, 2026 at 7:00 PM
My grade school project on Benjamin Franklin's diary. I always loved history... and had neat handwriting. Destined to live in Boston and be a Freedom Trail tour guide! LOL #Boston #BostonHistory #FreedomTrail
September 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Anna Coleman Ladd was renowned for her bronzes and for her work with the American Red Cross, creating a facial prosthetics for a World War I soldiers. Learn more in our new blog post! Link to website in bio.
#MaryElizaProject #BostonHistory #19thAmendment #WomensHistory
September 26, 2026 at 5:29 PM
If you are looking to learn some Black Boston History this weekend, here is a free audio tour of the Black Heritage Trail through Beacon Hill's North Slope.
#Juneteenth #BostonHistory
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Virtual Black Heritage Trail® Tour - Boston African American National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
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June 20, 2026 at 1:23 AM
In 1829, Massachusetts really said “let’s make the new state map a #groupproject 🤓☝🏽”

#bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #bostonmuseum #thingstodoinboston #bostontourism #MAhistory #massachusetts
June 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
December 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This map is one of our gallery all-stars! 🙌🏽

Map: Boston Over Time: filling in the land 1630 - present (2008)

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May 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
100 years ago today, November 21, 1925:

The Oneida Football Club Monument was dedicated in Boston Common by surviving members of the 1860s team. A recent Massachusetts Historical Society forum explored the myths and controversies that have surrounded the monument.🏈⚽

Video: youtu.be/YLcWEEplHtM?...
January 1, 2026 at 2:54 AM
From National Geographic: How Boston Made Itself Bigger www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/arti... #Boston #BostonHistory
July 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#Boston Time Travel - Washington Street "Newspaper Row" in 1906. #BostonGlobe #BostonEveningTranscript #BostonPost #BostonJournal #BostonHistory
January 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The History Behind The Lion Sculptures At The Boston Public Library www.wbur.org/news/2016/09... #Boston #BostonHistory
April 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Acorn Street in Beacon Hill is Boston’s oldest surviving cobblestone street. It was laid out in 1823. The brick row houses that line the street were built between 1828 and 1829. #Boston #BostonHistory #BeaconHill
January 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Rain, rain, please leave Boston alone 🥲

Map: Rainfall-chart of the United States (1880)

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June 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Harriet Tubman came to Boston several times in the late 1850s and early 1860s to raise funds for her work on the Underground Railroad. www.nps.gov/articles/000... #HarrietTubman #Boston #BostonHistory
July 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
"I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch - AND I WILL BE HEARD!" — Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison in the first issue of his newspaper The Liberator, published in 1831. #Boston #BostonHistory
July 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial on Boston Common. #Boston #BostonHistory #54thMass #Glory
April 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The History Behind The Lion Sculptures At The Boston Public Library www.wbur.org/news/2016/09... #Boston #BostonHistory
October 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The Blizzard of '78 dropped a record breaking 27.1 inches of snow over the city #onthisday in 1978! #blizzard #snow #BostonHistory

Image 1: Children sitting on a large snow pile
Image 2: Snow piles and pedestrians near Faneuil Hall
Image 3: Snow piles and pedestrians in Boston City Hall Plaza
February 6, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Spoiler alert: Maude Trotter Stewart was not just a housewife.
My latest for @maryelizaproject.bsky.social
#BlackHistoryMonth #WomensHistory #Suffrage #CivilRightsHistory #BlackBoston #BostonHistory
Every name in the Boston Women's Voter Registers leads us to a life and a story. But we can't always trust everything the registration officials wrote down as fact. Maude T Steward, claimed her right to vote on August 20, 1920.
Image: Maude Trotter Stewart in front of "The Guardian" offices, n.d.
February 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM