Historical Sites & Events
Roxbury has played a significant role in American history, and the town is home to many significant historical sites and landmarks. The town played a key role in the American Revolution, with many of its residents fighting for independence from Great Britain.
Take a peak of the sites in store throughout the chapter....
JUNE 1, 1967- The National Committee of Negro Churchmen gathered before the statue of Crispus Attucks on the Boston Common, who was a hero of the American Revolution, to appeal for funds for the economic development of the negro community. The speakers include reverend John M. Burgess, bishop of the episcopal diocese of Massachusetts
DILLAWAY HOUSE- Diagonally opposite the Meeting House on the north side of Eliot Square and some feet back from the road is the Dillaway House. Built as a parsonage by Rev. Oliver Peabody, it was for nearly eighty years tenanted by him and his successors. Later it was owned and occupied by Charles K. Dillaway, the historian. Here were the headquarters of Gen. John Thomas during the
WILLIAM DAWES RIDES AGAIN, APRIL 20, 1966- William Dawes rides again from Elliot Square, Roxbury. Ed Dalton, President of the Roxbury Patriots Day Association hands a scroll of CPL Roger Conant of the National Lancers, who takes the part of Dawes for the ride to Lexington. On the left of Mr. Dalton is his daughter Jean, and son Gary on his right.