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Map of Black Heritage Trail in Beacon Hill
A map of the Black Heritage Trail, a 1.6 mile trail within the Boston African American National Heritage Site that contains key landmarks and structures dating back to the presence of Boston's free African American community on Beacon Hill in the 19th century. It includes homes, schools, businesses and churches, all containing stories of the struggle against slavery and segregation in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries.
National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
Copyright by the American Society of Landscape Architects, 2016.
This shows the height of the monument and the experience of how it feels to be standing under it.
A serene photograph of the park at night.
This picture was taken before the “PlayCubes” were installed.
Soldiers and Sailors Monument: Walking up the Hill
This video shows how the statue is placed on a raised area in the common. this hill is called Flag Staff Hill.
The left picture shows the Paifang in 1987 and then again in 2011. Before the Chinatown Park was established, the area it now occupies was a ramp to the expressway. (http://www.bostonglobe.com/2011/12/04/nowandthen/oTbKpwLgQjrB69PJWchV8H/story.html)
Barry Chin and John Tlumacki, Globe Staff