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We have to do with the past only as we
can make it useful to the present and the future.
Frederick Douglass
Upcoming Events
Mon, Apr 20First Church in RoxburyExperience history. Join us for a day of activities acknowledging Roxbury history and future: William Dawes ride re-enactment, free breakfast, historic talk, and Roxbury Historical Society historic trolley tour!
Sun, May 17Highland ParkPlease join the Roxbury Historical Society and the Boston Parks Department as we open the Cochituate Standpipe to he community!
Date and time TBD.Eliot Church of RoxburyIn 1971 young Black attorneys founded the Roxbury Defenders Committee to provide legal services to Roxbury residents who could not afford legal fees and often were not adequately represented.
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