Dorchester Heights
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Dorchester Heights is the central area of South Boston. It is the highest area in the neighborhood and commands a view of both Boston Harbor and downtown.
View of Thomas Park and the Dorchester Heights Monument
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Dorchester Heights Monument
The Fortification of Dorchester Heights was a decisive action early in the American Revolutionary War that precipitated the end of the siege of Boston and the withdrawal of British troops from that ci
Dorchester Heights
…a view of both Boston Harbor and downtown. Dorchester is remembered in American history for an action in the American Revolutionary War known as the Fortification of Dorchester Heights. After the battles of Lexington and Concord, Revolutionary sentiment within New England reached a new high, and thousands of militiamen from the Northern…
George Washington at Dorchester Heights by Gilbert Stuart, 1806
The Dorchester Heights Monument, completed in 1902