Boston is really a fascinating city, so beautiful and full of history.
Boston was founded in 1630 and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The Freedom Trail highlights Boston's role in the American Revolution. The Freedom Trail is a 2.5-mile walking route of historic sites that tells the story of the nation’s founding.
The Paul Revere House, built around 1680, is the oldest remaining structure in downtown Boston and the only home on the Freedom Trail. Paul Revere purchased the home in 1770 when he was 35 years old. Revere shared this house with his mother and nine of his children from two marriages. "The Redcoats are coming! The Redcoats are coming!" The famous warning delivered by Paul Revere on the night of April 18, 1775, as British were marching from Boston, westward towards Lexington.
The Old State House is the oldest and most important public building in American history prior to the Revolution,where John Adams insisted, “Independence was born.”
The square beneath the balcony was the site of the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770, when a handful of British soldiers fired into a taunting crowd, killing five men. Today a circle of paving stones marks the area of the Massacre.
On July 18, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was first proclaimed from the balcony, to the jubilant citizens of Boston. Later that day, the rooftop statues of a lion and unicorn, along with other symbols of royal authority, were pulled down and burned in a bonfire, later to be replaced.
The Declaration of Independence continues to be proclaimed from the balcony of the Old State House.
Established in 1634, Boston Common is America’s oldest public park.
Launched in Boston in 1797, the oldest commissioned warship afloat earned her nickname "Old Ironsides" during the War of 1812 when she fought the British frigate HMS Guerriere. During this historic battle, cannonballs fired at USS Constitution appeared to bounce off, causing one of her crew to remark that her sides were made of iron. In fact, the durability of Constitution is attributed to a three-layer wooden sandwich of live oak and white oak from all across America. The ship’s copper fastenings were constructed by Paul Revere.
I of course had to have a beer at Cheers and to tour Harvard.
