The caption for this photo, written for 1906, reads: Old South Meeting House Built in 1730 on the lot of Gov John Winthrop, corner of Milk and Washingtion streets, and dedicated in April of the same year. On November 27, 1773, here was held the meeting at which it was resolved thst the english tea should not be landed; and on December 16 here was held the meeting with 7,000 people attending, before the pouring of the tea into Boston harbor by the Sons of Liberty, disguised as Mohawk Indians. Here Warren spoke in March 1775 three months before he was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill. In the
The caption for this photo, written for 1906, reads: Old South Meeting House Built in 1730 on the lot of Gov John Winthrop, corner of Milk and Washingtion streets, and dedicated in April of the same year. On November 27, 1773, here was held the meeting at which it was resolved thst the english tea should not be landed; and on December 16 here was held the meeting with 7,000 people attending, before the pouring of the tea into Boston harbor by the Sons of Liberty, disguised as Mohawk Indians. Here Warren spoke in March 1775 three months before he was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill. In the siege of Boston it was used as a riding school by the British. Its external appearance has not been changed for 150 years. No religious services have been held here since 1872. Now occupied by a loan collection of Revolution and other relics, the admission fees going to the preservation fund.
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