Boston Massacre Anniversary

Boston National Historical Park

Special Event
  • Mar 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
  • Free

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Boston Massacre Anniversary

Thursday, March 5, 5:30 p.m.

Faneuil Hall

The morning of March 5, 1776, on the sixth anniversary of the Boston Massacre, British troops discovered that Patriot forces fortified Dorchester Heights overnight. The date had not been chosen by accident. Every anniversary of the Boston Massacre, Patriot leaders remembered the event with orations and public commemorations.

This year, for the two hundred and fifty sixth anniversary of the Boston Massacre, join us as we recreate a historic Faneuil Hall Town Meeting debating the fate of the British soldiers who fired into the crowd on King Street. Was it a plot to commit murder or self-defense? Should the people of Boston extract vengeance against the soldiers or call for law and order above all else?

Have your voice be heard in a Town Meeting debate and help decide: vengeance or justice?

Free and open to the public.

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Fees

This event is free to attend.

Location

Faneuil Hall

Latitude and Longitude 42.360098, -71.056266

Schedule

Date:

Mar 5, 2026

Time:

5:30 PM

Duration:

1 hour

5:30pm

Event Type

  • Living History
Tags: boston national historical park, boston, boston massacre, dorchester heights, american revolution, 250th anniversary, dorchester heights national historic site, evacuation day, nps 250