Mayor Michelle Wu called for a deeper look into American history after the discovery and marked the moment during the city’s July 4 festivities.
In light of America’s 250th birthday on Saturday, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu revealed that conservators at the city’s historic Granary Burying Ground discovered what is believed to be one of the oldest headstones belonging to a free Black man in America.
“That discovery is likely one of the oldest gravestones of a free Black person in America,” Wu said around the 13-minute mark of her speech at Faneuil Hall. “It’s been there all along. We just had to go look and share the story.”…