Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . hered in the American Eevolution; and the fortified campwhich held the beleaguered town in subjection. It is associated with the deep horrors of Quaker executions ;with the eloquence of Whitefield, which paved the way formany eminent divines after him to address the people underthe Cathedral trees. It has in all times been a place forpublic rejoicings, for the celebration of our republican calendardays, or for martial displays. The repeal of the Stamp Act was celebrated in Boston onthe 19th May, 1766, as no event was ever observed
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . hered in the American Eevolution; and the fortified campwhich held the beleaguered town in subjection. It is associated with the deep horrors of Quaker executions ;with the eloquence of Whitefield, which paved the way formany eminent divines after him to address the people underthe Cathedral trees. It has in all times been a place forpublic rejoicings, for the celebration of our republican calendardays, or for martial displays. The repeal of the Stamp Act was celebrated in Boston onthe 19th May, 1766, as no event was ever observed was ushered in with music,the beating of drums, and firing ofsmall-arms. The guns of the Castleproclaimed the joyful intelligence,which was taken up and echoed bythe town batteries. In the eveningan obelisk, which had been erectedon the Common, was illuminatedwith two hundred and eighty was a general mansion was brilliant with lights, and in front ofthe house a stage was built from which fireworks were exhib-. REPEAL OBELISK, A TOUR ROUND THE COMMON. 359 ited. The Sons of Liberty had erected a similar stage in frontof the Workhouse, from which they answered the display atthe Hancock House. Under this hospitable roof were enter-tained the genteel part of the Town, while the crowd outsidewere treated with a pipe of wine. •The obelisk was intended to be placed under Liberty Tree,but was con-sumed the nightof the celebra-tion. JNText abovethe pedestal wereallegorical figureson each of thesides, symboliz-ing the conditionof the colonyfrom the enact-ment to the re-peal of the Stamp Act. We give a America in distress. copy of an engraving, by Paul Eevere, reproducing one of thesides. Accident alone prevented the Common being the scene of asanguinary struggle between the royal and American Washington occupied Dorchester Heights, he confidentlyexpected an attack from Howe, and had prepared a counter-stroke. Two divisions, under Putnam,
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