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This, then, is the story of Dorchester Heights  a story whose glory will wax rather than wane in the years, and centuries, to come. Let us be glad that out of the reek of the modern city congestion this green hill has been preserved and this white marble monument erected. THIS THEN IS THE STORY OF DORCHESTER HEIGHTS A STORY WHOSE GLORY WILL WAX RATHER THAN WANE IN THE YEARS AND CENTURIES TO COME LET US BE GLAD THAT OUT OF THE REEK OF THE MODERN CITY CONGESTION THIS GREEN HILL HAS BEEN PRESERVED AND THIS WHITE MARBLE MONUMENT ERECTED
for departure, on March 17 the British fleet, as the gilded letters on the white marble panel tell us, in the words of Charles W. Eliot: Carrying 11,000 effective men And 1000 refugees Dropped down to Nantasket Roads And thenceforth Boston was free A strong British force Had been expelled From one of the United American colonies The white marble panel, with its gold letters and the other inscriptions on the hill, tell the whole story to whoever cares to read, only omitting to mention that the thousand self-condemned Boston refugees who sailed away with the British fleet were bound for Halifax, and that that was the beginning of the opprobrious term: "Go to Halifax." That the battle was won without bloodshed in no way minimizes the verdict of history that "no single event had a greater general effect on the course of the war than the expulsion of the British from the New England capital." And surely this same verdict justifies the perpetual distinction of this unique and beautiful hill. EPARTURE ON MARCH SEVENTEENTH THE BRITISH FLEET AS THE GILDED LETTERS ON THE WHITE MARBLE PANEL TELL US IN THE WORDS OF CHARLES W ELLIOT CARRYING ELEVEN THOUSAND EFFECTIVE MEN AND ONE THOUSAND REFUGEES DROPPED DOWN TO NANTASKET ROADS AND THENCEFORTH BOSTON WAS FREE A STRONG BRITISH FORCE HAD BEEN EXPELLED FROM ONE OF THE UNITED AMERICAN COLONIES THE WHITE MARBLE PANEL WITH ITS GOLD LETTERS AND THE OTHER INSCRIPTIONS ON THE HILL TELL THE WHOLE STORY TO WHOEVER CARES TO READ ONLY OMITTING TO MENTION THAT THE THOUSAND SELF CONDEMNED BOSTON REFUGEES WHO SAILED AWAY WITH THE BRITISH FLEET WERE BOUND FOR HALIFAX AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE OPPROBRIOUS TERM GO TO HALIFAX THAT THE BATTLE WAS WON WITHOUT BLOODSHED IN NO WAY MINIMISES THE VERDICT OF HISTORY THAT NO SINGLE EVENT HAD A GREATER GENERAL EFFECT ON THE COURSE OF THE WAR THAN THE EXPULSION OF THE BRITISH FROM THE NEW ENGLAND CAPITAL AND SURELY THIS SAME VERDICT JUSTIFIES THE PERPETUAL DISTINCTION OF THIS UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL HILL
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