Old State House & Site of the Boston Massacre

This was the center where ideas were born and events that later sparked the American Revolution were born!  This is the oldest, and one of the most beautiful buildings still standing from the original 13 colonies.

• On the town square outside of the Old State House is where the Boston Massacre took place in 1770, which resulted in the death of 5 men and began public opposition to British authority. 
• The Declaration of Independence was read from the buildings balcony in July of 1776.
• John Adams claimed it was here that "the child independence was born".