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Latest comment: 1 month ago by Amakuru in topic Featured picture scheduled for POTD
Good articleBoston Massacre has been listed as one of the Warfare good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
On this day... Article milestones
DateProcessResult
February 13, 2007Good article nomineeNot listed
December 6, 2011Good article nomineeListed
July 23, 2018Good article reassessmentKept
On this day... Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on March 5, 2004, March 5, 2005, March 5, 2006, March 5, 2007, March 5, 2008, March 5, 2009, March 5, 2012, March 5, 2015, March 5, 2017, March 5, 2019, and March 5, 2020.
Current status: Good article

Wiki Education assignment: Early U.S. History

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation–supported course assignment, between 18 January 2022 and 5 May 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Wesleymuse (article contribs). Peer reviewers: ZlangePSTCC, Acpalladino.

Wiki Education assignment: The Age of Revolution and Historical Memory

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation–supported course assignment, between 20 January 2022 and 4 May 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Ncaggiano8 (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Gcocucci2.

Not just this article

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sometimes it's important (or even critical) to know the Date (and possibly time) of the creation and esp the most recent update/edits of the article without having to go into the editior portion of the page. I don't see that it's on the page... maybe I am missing it? ~2026-89763-1 (talk) 20:53, 9 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

You could simply use Boston Massacre: Revision history. Dimadick (talk) 09:07, 10 February 2026 (UTC)Reply
Or you can just create an account and enable the XTools gadget, which will allow you to see almost all of those details without having to go through revision history. StephenMacky1 (talk) 09:19, 10 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Running to Gathering / Meeting / Convention addition?

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I believe Garrick ran off to a meeting shouting, dramatically, "I've been slain" or "I've been killed." To which the participants of said meeting / gathering followed him back to the state house. Is this true and should it be added? Cameron Dunne (talk) 04:19, 18 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Hello! This is to let editors know that File:The Boston_Massacre_MET_DT2086.jpg, a featured picture that is used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for March 5, 2027. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2027-03-05. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you!  — Amakuru (talk) 10:50, 26 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

Boston Massacre

Boston Massacre: The Boston Massacre, known in Great Britain as the Incident on King Street, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in the prelude to the American Revolution in Boston, in what was then the colony of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

Engraving credit: unknown; gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910

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