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* 1888, a monument honoring Attucks and the other victims of the Boston Massacre was erected on Boston Common.

It is over 25 feet high and about 10 feet wide.

The ' bas-relief ' ( raised portion on the face of the main part of the monument ) portrays the Boston Massacre, with Attucks lying in the foreground.

Under the scene is the date, March 5, 1770.

Above the bas-relief stands a female figure, Free America, holding the broken chain of oppression in her right hand.

Beneath her right foot, she crushes the royal crown of England.

At the left of the figure, is an eagle.

Thirteen stars are cut into one of the faces of the monument.

Beneath these stars in raised letters are the names of the five men who were killed that day: Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, James Caldwell, Samuel Maverick, and Patrick Carr. Crispus Attucks Middle School, Sunnyside, Houston | Sunnyside, Houston, Texas