Question

Name at least 2 major historical events that happened at the state house

Answer 1

1. When touring Boston in 1976, Queen Elizabeth II addressed an adoring crowd from the same balcony.

2. On March 5, 1770, the Boston Massacre took place outside the building’s Devonshire Street entrance.

3. . In 1776, after the Declaration of Independence was proclaimed from the east balcony by Colonel Thomas Crafts, the unicorn and lion, symbols of British authority, were torn down from the façade and tossed into a bonfire on King Street.