About this Event
Discover Boston’s Revolutionary history through Black and Indigenous perspectives on this immersive charter tour connecting Beacon Hill, Boston Common, Nubian Square, and the historic hills of Roxbury.
The experience begins at the Museum of African American History with an abbreviated exploration of Black life, military service, resistance, and the complicated meaning of freedom during the Revolutionary era. Guests then travel through Boston while viewing the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial and The Embrace, monuments that connect the Revolution’s promises to later Black struggles for freedom and citizenship.
Following the historic route toward Boston Neck, the tour enters Roxbury—the strategic gateway to colonial Boston during the Siege. Guests will explore the Dillaway-Thomas House, the headquarters of General John Thomas, and visit the First Church in Roxbury, where stories of William Dawes, Black and Indigenous enslavement, and the contradictions of the American Revolution converge.
The journey continues through the Roxbury Highlands, past the former sites of Continental fortifications and the commanding heights of Fort Hill. The experience concludes in Nubian Square with a visit to Frugal Bookstore and a light snack from a local business before returning to Beacon Hill.
This is more than a tour of Revolutionary landmarks. It is an opportunity to examine whose freedom was being defended, whose land was being occupied, whose labor sustained colonial Boston, and how Black and Indigenous people shaped the struggle over America’s meaning.
Event venue & nearby stays
Museum of African American History: Boston Campus, 46 Joy St, Boston, United States
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