THE TOWER COMMEMORATES THE CONTINENTAL ARMY'S 1776 VICTORY. ON THESE HEIGHTS DURING THE NIGHT OF MARCH 4, 1776, THE AMERICAN TROOPS BESIEGING BOSTON BUILT TWO REDOUBTS WHICH MADE THE HARBOR AND TOWN UNTENABLE BY THE BRITISH FLEET AND GARRISON. ON MARCH 17 ...

COLONEL OF THE FIFTY FOURTH REGIMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY. KILLED WHILE LEADING THE ASSAULT ON FORT WAGNER, SOUTH CAROLINA.THE BLACK RANK AND FILE VOLUNTEERS OF THE FIFTY FOURTH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT INFANTRY VOLUNTEERED WHEN DISASTER CLOUDED THE UN ...

IN MEMORY OF MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WHO DIED IN THE CIVIL WAR.