Copp’s Hill Burying Ground: Where British Soldiers Used Gravestones for Target Practice
In Boston’s North End, a small hillside cemetery holds more than 10,000 people beneath just two acres of ground, gravestones dating back to the 1660s, standing quietly between rowhouses and a harbor view that’s changed almost beyond recognition since anyone was last buried here. Copp’s Hill Burying Ground’s 1659 Founding The city of Boston bought…