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Ten years after the busing protests in South Boston, a former teacher at South Boston High recalls the events while sitting on the steps of the school. She kept a journal throughout the series of events and went on to publish "Southie Won't Go" about…

Dorchester Heights served as a major strategic military and vantage point for the Continental Army. The commanding position put pressure on the British Army to evacuate the city of Boston.

Every year residents of South Boston celebrate the British evacuation of Boston with an Evacuation Day parade. The primarily Irish population of South Boston has since combined the Evacuation Day parade with St. Patricks Day due to the coincidence of…

A 1776 post card map of Boston which shows Dorchester Heights in relation to the rest of Boston. The commanding view atop three hills that the Continental Army had across the harbor pressured the British to evacuate. Cannons from Fort Ticonderoga…