In and about historic Boston . OLD POWDER HOUSE. interesting Colonial relic, erected in 1704. It stands in Nathan Tufts on September 1. 1774. General Gage seized two hundred and fifty half-barrelsof gunpowder belonging to the Provincials. This was the first openly hostile actof the British, provoking a great assembly on Cambridge Common, which met inprotest. The tower was afterward the magazine of the American Army besiegingBoston. WASHINGTON ELM. standing at the junction of Mason and Garden Streets. A tablet bearsLongfellows simple inscription. Under th
In and about historic Boston . OLD POWDER HOUSE. interesting Colonial relic, erected in 1704. It stands in Nathan Tufts on September 1. 1774. General Gage seized two hundred and fifty half-barrelsof gunpowder belonging to the Provincials. This was the first openly hostile actof the British, provoking a great assembly on Cambridge Common, which met inprotest. The tower was afterward the magazine of the American Army besiegingBoston. WASHINGTON ELM. standing at the junction of Mason and Garden Streets. A tablet bearsLongfellows simple inscription. Under this tree Washington took command ofthe American Army. July 3d. 1775. venerable tree was well advanced inyears when the event took place which made it famous. It is now beginning toexhibit signs of decay and will probably not survive another century. I
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