The death of Crispus Attucks

Crispus Attucks Fact 20The funeral procession consisted of 12,000 people who honored the victims of the Boston massacre as heroes.

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He was buried together with the other victims of the Boston Massacre in the same grave site in the Granary Burying Ground. The Boston Gazette reported, "The body of the slain Crispus Attucks lay in state in Fanueil Hall until, along with three other victims of the Boston Massacre, he was entombed in a common sepulcher as thousands bared their heads at the cemetery."