The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1950-03-11
Crispus Attucks

odllluSl GIdy dIlu JdIIleS Sdlu~
well were also killed. Samuel
Maverick and Patrick Carr were
MOI .ally wounded. Blood was
mixed with snow, blood of the
colored man and blood of white
men, was shed for the redemption
of America from the British OPP
preston. Attacks and Caldwell
having no home in Boston were
removed to Faneuil Hall, the
cradle of American Liberty,
which Graded the dead body of
our Crispus Attacks.
Hundreds of visitors came to
Faneuil Hall and to the homes Of
Maverick ard Gray to express
their sympathy.
The funeral was held on We'd
nesday, March 7. There were
mufflel5. drums and tolling bells
not only in Boston but. in the sur
rounding towns. Shops were
closed and it was a day of great
mourning. Four hearses and a
long line of coaches belonging to
the most distinguished families
and filled with distinguished peo-
pie proceeded from King Street,
to the Granary Burying Ground,
on fremont Street, where the five
bodies are buried in one grave,
side by side. 1t is said that a
greater number of persons assem-
bled on this occasion than we're
ever gathered on the continent
for similar purpose.
In the meantime Justice Court
was Immediately held. Captain
Preston was put in prison and the
eight soldiers who had fred. A
town meeting was held by the
citizens in Faneuil Hall, A com.
mittee of is was appointed to
wait on Gov. Hutchinson and Col.
Dalrymple to express the senti-
ments of the people and a fervent
prayer for removal of troops.
Does it not remind us of our
fevent prayers for removal Of
segregation holes in our midst?
The anniversary Of the Boston
Massacre was observed on the
5th Of March each year there
after until July 4 was substituted
as independence Day. There
was great soIemnity on that day
and eloquent orators spoke on
the blessings of liberty and the
horrors of tyranny.
-Four years after, when John
Hancock, signer OF the Declare
ton Of independence. was orat-
or at the anniversary he ex-
claimed: do not the injured
shades Of Maverick, Gray, Cald-
well, Attacks and Carr attend
you in your solitary walks; ar
rest you in the midst of your
debaucheries and fill even your
dreams with terror"
Five years after the bloody af-
fair Judge Dawes said: "The pro-
of that night must be
numbered among the master
springs which gave the first mo-
ton to a vast machinery a
noble comprehensive system Of
national independence"
On the sixth anniversary Gen.
George washington, making the
Of his intrenchments in
Boston said, while addressing
his men: Remember it is the
9TH Of March and avenge the
death Of your brethren"
Crispus Attucks plays no small
part in the tragedy that pre-
coded the birth Of American IN
dependence. His name in It's
connection with American his
tory is immortal. We should inn
mortalize it by celebrating the
anniversary Of his martyrdom,
March 5, of this year and every
succeeding year.
On Boston Common stands
erected to the mem
Dry of the heroes Of the Boston
Massacre. It Is called, "The Bos-
ton Massacre Monument" The |
for the erection Of this
was started by William c. Nell. |
The face representing Crispus
Attacks was carved in the like
ness Of the late Lewis Hayden,
It is said. He was another Col
pred abolitionist and a former
slave The figure Of the woman
ut the summit is said to be that |
Of a Boston Colored girl, Mary
Smith, who was considered very |
beautiful. At the unwilling of
the monument the silken cord
was pulled by Lillian Chappelle