Site of the legendary Boston Massacre, the Old State House Plaza is steeped in history. Every Fourth of July, Boston’s Independence Day parade culminates at the plaza for a traditional reading of the Declaration of Independence–reenacting the first-ever reading of the Declaration in Boston, which took place on July 18, 1776. Steps from the Quincy Marketplace/Faneuil Hall complex, as well as City Hall Plaza, the Financial District, and the Waterfront, Old State House Plaza stands at the center of life in Downtown.