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This picture is of the entire statue. Its construction started in 1864 and it was dedicated in 1877 to the soldiers who fought in the civil war

This bas-relief is called the Return from War. It depicts the soldiers returning from war. Children and wives are waiting. Women are holding congratulatory wreaths and the statesmen are welcoming them in the background.

Lewis Hayden (1816-1889) was born a slave and eventually escaped with his wife to settle in Boston. Lewis later became a leader in the abolitionist movement and the Hayden House became a key stop on the Underground Railroad.

The U.S.S. Constitution has been alive, despite several holdups, since 1797.

The Museum of African American History was once the Abiel Smith School, the first black public school that replaced the school in the basement of the African Meeting House. The school remained Boston's black public school until public schools were…

This bas-relief is of the navy. The mariners are leaving for war. In the background, a ship has shot a canon at a fortress on a cliff.

The frame, almost resembling a piece of modern art, reveals the underlying layers of brick and paint under the currently recreated walls of the African Meeting House.

This bas-relief is titled "The Departure for War." It depicts soldiers departing from war and leaving behind wives and children while the statesmen in the background look on.

This bas-relief is titled "The Departure for War." It depicts soldiers departing from war and leaving behind wives and children while the statesmen in the background look on.

This is an old map of Boston that shows the Roxbury Neck