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The Boston Massacre (known in Great Britain as the Incident on King Street) [1] was a confrontation in Boston on March 5, 1770, in which nine British soldiers shot several of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing them verbally and throwing various projectiles.
An eagle ready to take flight is perched by her proper left foot. On the base, beneath the female figure, is a bronze relief plaque depicting the Boston Massacre. It shows five men, Crispus Attucks, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, Samuel Gray, and Patrick Carr, slain by the British soldiers in front of the Massachusetts State House."
Matthew Kilroy (fl. 1770) was an Irish soldier who served in the 29th Regiment of Foot and was present at the Boston Massacre, for which he was found guilty of the manslaughter of one of the five fatalities, Samuel Gray.
1886, the places where Crispus Attucks and Samuel Gray fell were marked by circles on the pavement. Within each circle, a hub with spokes leads out to form a wheel. 1888, a monument honoring Attucks and the other victims of the Boston Massacre was erected on Boston Common. It is over 25 feet high and about 10 feet wide.
Samuel Gray may refer to: Samuel Gray (Australian politician) (1823–1889), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly; Samuel Gray (died 1770), American colonist, ropemaker, and among the first killed in the Boston Massacre; Samuel Frederick Gray (1766–1828), British botanist, mycologist, and pharmacologist
FITZGERALD, GA. — The father of accused Georgia school shooter Colt Gray should get the death penalty for his role in the massacre, the boy’s furious grandfather says.. Charles Polhamus, the ...
Record group: Record Group 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration, 1922 - 1944 (National Archives Identifier: 398)Series: WPA Information Division Photographic Index, compiled ca. 1936 - ca. 1942 (National Archives Identifier: 518261)