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The Charlestown battlefield sites/events of June 17, 1775 through March 17, 1776 are not listed on the national, state, or local historic registers.

At no time has the city or state stepped in to consider preserving any measure of public property within Charlestown as an open green space battle trail commemoration or as a national battlefield district. Despite repeated requests to the Boston Landmarks Commission for historic acknowledgement, pleas for a legal remedy have been denied. A loophole in the 1874 Annexation Law has enabled the BLC to forsake its responsibility to legally landmark Charlestown’s battlefield history.

Why should Charlestown be left to the mercy of outdated urban renewal laws, when national legal safeguards currently exist to preserve historic battle sites?

Charlestown is the mother of Boston - the oldest authorized legal settlement of Massachusetts Bay.  The key to preventing inappropriate redevelopment across Charlestown - from historic Navy Yard to historic Sullivan Square - is to propose legislation for National Historic District status for the entire Charlestown peninsula under chapter 40c.

Charlestown residents recognize that on June 17th, 1775, the Continental Army, under the Authority of Joseph Warren, President of the Provincial Massachusetts Congress and Head of the Committee of Safety, did declare Massachusetts Independent of British Rule, with Arms and Volley. On June 17th, 1775, The Massachusetts Provincial Congress declared itself to be politically independent from the Authority of Government by the British Aristocracy of King George III and British Parliament.

By reclaiming the national heritage of our neighborhood, Charlestown is eligible for a historic district master plan.