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Freedom trail boston 16 landmarks8/17/2023 Guess who? It was this house in the North End where Paul Revere set out on his famous midnight ride on Apto warn the Patriots in Lexington and Concord about the British marching on their town. The Old State House stands as the oldest surviving public building in Boston. It was on this little balcony where the Declaration of Independence was first read to the people of Boston. This is the old State House and sight of the Boston Massacre. I took a picture of Old City Hall thinking it was on the trail. Hmmmm, wonder if the Chilton Club on Commonwealth Avenue is related? Anyone? Residents include Boston’s first governor John Winthrop and Mary Chilton, the first woman to step off the Mayflower. King’s Chapel Burying Ground is Boston’s first cemetery. The Granary Burying Ground, 1660, has notables such as Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, John Hancock and victims of the Boston Massacre buried here. Once the first landmark travelers saw when approaching Boston. Here is a link to all of the sites on the FREEDOM TRAILso you can do a better job than we did! The State House was technically our next stop, but we could see the shining gold dome from the Common, so we skipped it. Others had too many tourists in front of them, so we kept on going. We walked right past some because we didn’t realize they were on the trail. and is on the trail because the British Soldiers were stationed in the Common before they left to march to Lexington and Concord.įull disclosure, we didn’t “hit” all the sites. The Boston Common is the oldest public park in the U.S. We tacked on another mile or so walking to the start of the trail, which is the Boston Common. The Freedom Trail is about 2.5 miles and has around 16 sites total. Covid? So, on this sunny Sunday in March, we strapped on our sneakers and set out. Three years into living here, we had overlooked the majority of landmarks in the city. What is a very touristy Boston thing to do? Yes ~ walk the Freedom Trail!
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