Historical Site Evaluation Old State House Museum in Boston.
History tells that the Old State House is a building that played one of the most important roles in the history of Boston and of the United States of America in particular. It is the oldest surviving public building in the heart of Boston that was established during the colonization period in the New England. As a historic landmark, this building witnessed the Americans Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. The declaration headed by Thomas Jefferson which was read in 1776 gave birth to United States of America which was then composed only of thirteen states. Since then, the building was considered to be the most significant considering that it served as the historical center of New England during that crucial time in history. The building itself witnessed the exchanges of opinion of political leaders as well as of the succeeding Royal Governors as it held several government offices for almost a century. Most importantly, it recorded events concerning the autocracy or domination of the British crown that led to the American Revolution and finally the declaration of independence. After the declaration, Boston raised itself to become the wealthiest and most influential city in 1760s.
Despite remodeling exertion done on the building, Boston retained its old features to commemorate the events that took place in this building. The bricks on the frontage were a new design after the wooden house was burned in the fire in 1711 the bricks survived after the building was succumbed in the fire for the second and third time in 1747 and in 1832. Several alternations were made especially in the interior part of the building making it as functional as possible to house different government offices. Originally, it contained merchants exchange office on the first floor, the Council Chamber and Chamber for the Courts on the second floor, and several other function rooms such as the public galleries. Other restoration efforts were conducted after some of its components crumbled or deteriorated due to the construction of subway underneath the building.
What story does it tell, or should it tell
Nowadays, the once reigned as the victory symbol of the United States independence is rarely recognized as it is surrounded by tall edifices in the busiest district of Boston. Its position serves no more than a busy economic district and a major public transportation connecting point between different directions. Its importance nowadays reduces to being a museum and a wedding venue. But the question of at what extent should people pay respect to this building as a historical landmark brings to ones consciousness its historical significance to the freedom and independence that the American nation enjoys. Primarily, the building tells about the humble beginning of America with its thirteen united states and at the same time, it should tell the young generation Americans how nationalism and patriotism creates possibilities for the country.
History can undeniably arouse peoples sentiments over the events that are associated with a given structure. For instance, Glazier cannot help himself but to utter these words out of high regard for his country. He stated that the Old State House serves as with a thousand and one other reminders of the citys brilliant historical record especially that the structure has very few alterations to preserve its original aura. The Old State House by description during the 19th century was a large brick building, at the head of state-street, which runs east and west it stands about the middle of the city, has a copula, and looks venerable from age. As a government building, Royall (1826) noted several offices that contained in the building such as the legislature, the treasure of the state, office of the governor and its council, and the offices of the adjutant general and secretary of state Among popular buildings or structures in America, this edifice contained the largest and the most important records of events.
The site should tell about the heroism and bravery of the American people as well as the fulfillment of a dream that were dreamed by those great men who envisioned what independence can make of the nation. That historical site in Boston should tell that the progress and the economic prosperity that every Bostonian now enjoyed was the legacy of men whose vision and aspiration were not for their personal gains but for the interests of the American people in general. The site should tell more than a mere history of the American struggle to gain independence but it should also tell about what unity and cooperation along with ideals and nationalism can do for a nation.
Unfortunately however, the site was only a shadow of the past. The flame of nationalism that of nationalism that motivated men to stand against the oppression which made them great men, and the visions that motivated them to laid down their lives for a common cause was drowned by the noise of economic activities and the individualism and consumerism that took the place of nationalism, of ideals, and of the vision of a strong independent nation. The site should continue to tell every Americans that what the American nations were the ideals, the visions, the nationalism, and the unity and cooperation of the early American for the sake of achieving the greater purpose, that of establishing a nation that is independent, progressive, and democratic.
What is the sites significance to the story of Boston in the Revolution
One of the most important events that ignited the Boston revolution is the Boston Tea Party in December 16, 1773. This event was supposed to be an isolated case in the sense that it was not planned as part of the mass uprising but merely in protest of the parliamentary decision to the East India Company a de facto tea monopoly that resulted to unfair taxation imposed by the British colonizer on the colonial America. Ron Chernow even described this event anonymous salvo The punitive measures imposed by Britain put Boston under the British military rules which implemented various harsh measures such as closing the Boston port and forbidding assemblies or public meetings. However these developments to ripening of Boston revolution as great men such as John Adams and the rest of the Bostonians united under a common cause, independence
The site was a silent witness to all these struggles. The site according to a book entitled Harpers Magazine Volume 34, was intimately associated with the men and the times of revolution The site served as the first main battle ground in Boston during the revolution. The Book contended that in the balcony of the old state building that the first President received the welcome of the men who had helped win the revolution and found the Government. The book further contended that it was in this site that that the encroachment of British imperial power were strenuously resisted. In the words of John Adams, it was in this site that the American Independence was born. The sites significance to the story of Boston Revolution is reflected in detail by Harper Magazine as follows
In this old building, were held colonial courts. Here also, were the Council Chamber, hung with the portraits of Charles II and James II, and the hall of representative of the colony, the body which was afterward known by the great title The great and General Court. In the old council chamber, said John Adams, American Independence was born. Here James Otis and Thatcher thundered against the writs of Assistance. Here, in his famous speech of February, 1761, Otis declared that the principles of the writs had cost one king of England his head and another, his throne and here he uttered the war-cry of the revolution, Taxation without representation is tyranny. The Boston Port bill says the advertiser of the city, in eloquent protest, was aimed at rebellion which had asserted it self in the Old State House. In its very shadow, the Boston massacre was perpetrated. (Harpers Magazine, Volume 34) p. 260.
The significance of the site therefore to the story of Boston revolution was something that the present generation should not take for granted because it was there that the seeds of American freedom that every American enjoyed today were first planted. These historical sites bear the memories and the spirits of the great men and women who had offered their lives in order to gain independence from harsh colonial rule that afforded the freedom enjoyed not only by the American people but every freedom loving people all over the world as the United States of America continues to do its best to liberate people who are oppressed by tyrannical rule in different parts of the globe.
Despite remodeling exertion done on the building, Boston retained its old features to commemorate the events that took place in this building. The bricks on the frontage were a new design after the wooden house was burned in the fire in 1711 the bricks survived after the building was succumbed in the fire for the second and third time in 1747 and in 1832. Several alternations were made especially in the interior part of the building making it as functional as possible to house different government offices. Originally, it contained merchants exchange office on the first floor, the Council Chamber and Chamber for the Courts on the second floor, and several other function rooms such as the public galleries. Other restoration efforts were conducted after some of its components crumbled or deteriorated due to the construction of subway underneath the building.
What story does it tell, or should it tell
Nowadays, the once reigned as the victory symbol of the United States independence is rarely recognized as it is surrounded by tall edifices in the busiest district of Boston. Its position serves no more than a busy economic district and a major public transportation connecting point between different directions. Its importance nowadays reduces to being a museum and a wedding venue. But the question of at what extent should people pay respect to this building as a historical landmark brings to ones consciousness its historical significance to the freedom and independence that the American nation enjoys. Primarily, the building tells about the humble beginning of America with its thirteen united states and at the same time, it should tell the young generation Americans how nationalism and patriotism creates possibilities for the country.
History can undeniably arouse peoples sentiments over the events that are associated with a given structure. For instance, Glazier cannot help himself but to utter these words out of high regard for his country. He stated that the Old State House serves as with a thousand and one other reminders of the citys brilliant historical record especially that the structure has very few alterations to preserve its original aura. The Old State House by description during the 19th century was a large brick building, at the head of state-street, which runs east and west it stands about the middle of the city, has a copula, and looks venerable from age. As a government building, Royall (1826) noted several offices that contained in the building such as the legislature, the treasure of the state, office of the governor and its council, and the offices of the adjutant general and secretary of state Among popular buildings or structures in America, this edifice contained the largest and the most important records of events.
The site should tell about the heroism and bravery of the American people as well as the fulfillment of a dream that were dreamed by those great men who envisioned what independence can make of the nation. That historical site in Boston should tell that the progress and the economic prosperity that every Bostonian now enjoyed was the legacy of men whose vision and aspiration were not for their personal gains but for the interests of the American people in general. The site should tell more than a mere history of the American struggle to gain independence but it should also tell about what unity and cooperation along with ideals and nationalism can do for a nation.
Unfortunately however, the site was only a shadow of the past. The flame of nationalism that of nationalism that motivated men to stand against the oppression which made them great men, and the visions that motivated them to laid down their lives for a common cause was drowned by the noise of economic activities and the individualism and consumerism that took the place of nationalism, of ideals, and of the vision of a strong independent nation. The site should continue to tell every Americans that what the American nations were the ideals, the visions, the nationalism, and the unity and cooperation of the early American for the sake of achieving the greater purpose, that of establishing a nation that is independent, progressive, and democratic.
What is the sites significance to the story of Boston in the Revolution
One of the most important events that ignited the Boston revolution is the Boston Tea Party in December 16, 1773. This event was supposed to be an isolated case in the sense that it was not planned as part of the mass uprising but merely in protest of the parliamentary decision to the East India Company a de facto tea monopoly that resulted to unfair taxation imposed by the British colonizer on the colonial America. Ron Chernow even described this event anonymous salvo The punitive measures imposed by Britain put Boston under the British military rules which implemented various harsh measures such as closing the Boston port and forbidding assemblies or public meetings. However these developments to ripening of Boston revolution as great men such as John Adams and the rest of the Bostonians united under a common cause, independence
The site was a silent witness to all these struggles. The site according to a book entitled Harpers Magazine Volume 34, was intimately associated with the men and the times of revolution The site served as the first main battle ground in Boston during the revolution. The Book contended that in the balcony of the old state building that the first President received the welcome of the men who had helped win the revolution and found the Government. The book further contended that it was in this site that that the encroachment of British imperial power were strenuously resisted. In the words of John Adams, it was in this site that the American Independence was born. The sites significance to the story of Boston Revolution is reflected in detail by Harper Magazine as follows
In this old building, were held colonial courts. Here also, were the Council Chamber, hung with the portraits of Charles II and James II, and the hall of representative of the colony, the body which was afterward known by the great title The great and General Court. In the old council chamber, said John Adams, American Independence was born. Here James Otis and Thatcher thundered against the writs of Assistance. Here, in his famous speech of February, 1761, Otis declared that the principles of the writs had cost one king of England his head and another, his throne and here he uttered the war-cry of the revolution, Taxation without representation is tyranny. The Boston Port bill says the advertiser of the city, in eloquent protest, was aimed at rebellion which had asserted it self in the Old State House. In its very shadow, the Boston massacre was perpetrated. (Harpers Magazine, Volume 34) p. 260.
The significance of the site therefore to the story of Boston revolution was something that the present generation should not take for granted because it was there that the seeds of American freedom that every American enjoyed today were first planted. These historical sites bear the memories and the spirits of the great men and women who had offered their lives in order to gain independence from harsh colonial rule that afforded the freedom enjoyed not only by the American people but every freedom loving people all over the world as the United States of America continues to do its best to liberate people who are oppressed by tyrannical rule in different parts of the globe.
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