Historical Marker
Cambridge
Historical marker location:
1374 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
( Marker is at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Dunster Street, on the right when traveling south on Massachusetts Avenue.)
Marker installed: 1930
1630 - 1930.
The Boston Marathon, one of the world's oldest annual marathons, has been held since 1897. It takes place on Patriots' Day, a Massachusetts state holiday commemorating the start of the American Revolutionary War.