The neighborhood organization became the Crispus Attucks Development Corporation , a 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) nonprofit organization . The park is named after Crispus Attucks , an African American who was killed in the Boston Massacre and is often regarded as the first person killed in the American Revolution . Crispus Attucks Park is privately owned and open to the public . It is maintained through charitable donations and volunteer labor coordinated by the Crispus Attucks Development Corporation
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre
Bloomingdale (Washington, D.C.)