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FILE - In this July 4, 1976, file photo, minutemen fire salute during an event in the Old Granary Burial Ground in Boston. Boston is marking the 250th anniversary of a massacre that helped spark the Revolutionary War. The Daughters of the American Revolution is hosting a public tribute Thursday, March 5, 2020, at the grave of the five victims of the fateful conflict with British soldiers on March 5, 1770. The morning service in downtown Boston's historic cemetery will include a musket salute and a wreath-laying. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - In this July 4, 1976, file photo, minutemen fire salute during an event in the Old Granary Burial Ground in Boston. Boston is marking the 250th anniversary of a massacre that helped spark the Revolutionary War. The Daughters of the American Revolution is hosting a public tribute Thursday, March 5, 2020, at the grave of the five victims of the fateful conflict with British soldiers on March 5, 1770. The morning service in downtown Boston's historic cemetery will includ…

March 5, 2020

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Tributes, protest mark 250th anniversary of Boston Massacre
March 5, 2020 6:11 p.m.

Tributes, protest mark 250th anniversary of Boston Massacre

BOSTON (AP) — Solemn ceremonies and a protest marked the 250th anniversary Thursday of the massacre in Boston that helped spark the Revolutionary War.