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==History==

==History==

Massachusetts was first settled by the [[Pilgrims]] who emigrated from [[England]] on the ''[[Mayflower]]'' in 1620 and founded a settlement at [[Plymouth Colony|Plymouth]], and soon afterward by the much larger group the [[Puritans]], who founded the "Massachusetts Bay Colony".  Both groups came to America seeking religious freedom.   

Massachusetts was first settled by the [[Pilgrims]] who emigrated from [[England]] on the ''[[Mayflower]]'' in 1620 and founded a settlement at [[Plymouth Colony|Plymouth]], and soon afterward by the much larger group the [[Puritans]], who founded the "Massachusetts Bay Colony".  Both groups came to America seeking religious freedom.   

[[File:Col-mass.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Harvard College was founded in 1638 making Boston the intellectual center of New England]]  

[[File:Col-mass.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Harvard College was founded in 1638 making Boston the intellectual center of New England]]  

The colony was a major center of the [[American Revolution]], as events such as the [[Boston Massacre]] and [[Boston Tea Party]] helped to create a desire for national independence among the Americans.  The first battles of the war were fought on April 19, 1775 at [[Lexington]] and [[Concord, MA|Concord]]; the first great American victory was the expulsion of the British from Boston on "Evacuation Day," March 17, 1776.  

The colony was a major center of the [[American Revolution]], as events such as the [[Boston Massacre]] and [[Boston Tea Party]] helped to create a desire for national independence among the Americans.  The first battles of the war were fought on April 19, 1775 at [[Lexington]] and [[Concord, MA|Concord]]; the first great American victory was the expulsion of the British from Boston on "Evacuation Day," March 17, 1776.  

===2020 Antifa riots===

===2020 Antifa riots===

[[File:Racist Democrats.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|[[Progressive]] [[white supremacist]]s defaced the Monument to the all-volunteer Black 54th Massachusetts Regiment of Union Soldiers in the [[Civil War]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/02/rioters-deface-glory-monument-to-black-civil-war-soldiers-boston-54th/</ref>]]

[[File:Racist Democrats.jpeg|left|350px|thumb|[[Progressive]] [[white supremacist]]s defaced the Monument to the all-volunteer Black 54th Massachusetts Regiment of Union Soldiers in the [[Civil War]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/02/rioters-deface-glory-monument-to-black-civil-war-soldiers-boston-54th/</ref>]]

In [[Boston]], [[Progressive]] [[white supremacist]] [[riot]]ers defaced the 54th Regiment Memorial to black soldiers in the [[Civil War]] as a [[Antifa]] protests moved through the city.  A website dedicated to the memorial, which stands at the top of a hill on the Boston Common, explains:

In [[Boston]], [[Progressive]] [[white supremacist]] [[riot]]ers defaced the 54th Regiment Memorial to black soldiers in the [[Civil War]] as a [[Antifa]] protests moved through the city.  A website dedicated to the memorial, which stands at the top of a hill on the Boston Common, explains:

{{Quotebox|The most acclaimed piece of sculpture on Boston Common is the Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial by Augustus Saint-Gaudens; a memorial to that group of men who were among the first African Americans to fight in the Civil War. The monument portrays Shaw and his men marching down Beacon Street past the State House on May 28, 1863 as they left Boston on their way to South Carolina, Shaw erect on his horse, the men marching alongside.}}

{{Quotebox|The most acclaimed piece of sculpture on Boston Common is the Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial by Augustus Saint-Gaudens; a memorial to that group of men who were among the first African Americans to fight in the Civil War. The monument portrays Shaw and his men marching down Beacon Street past the State House on May 28, 1863 as they left Boston on their way to South Carolina, Shaw erect on his horse, the men marching alongside.}}