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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 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…

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

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.

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.

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 picture is of children playing in the winter of 1930 around the statue. This picture is a salute to its presence in Boston between its construction and modern day.

This is an aerial view captured by Google Maps of the burial ground.

This is an aerial view captured by Google Maps of the burial ground.

Flags were placed on the lawn in the Boston Common on June 12th, 2016 for Memorial Day. This picture represents how the history of the civil war, this city, and the current patriotic celebrations are intertwined.