Itinerary
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Stop At: Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon St Beacon Hill, Boston, MA 02133-1099
You'll see all three buildings used as the seat of Massachusetts government. This is the current State House, designed by the father of Federal Architecture, Charles Bulfinch.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Park Street Church, One Park Street, Boston, MA 02108-4899
At the time it was built, the church was the tallest building in the country. It's history is tied to the Abolition Movement and was know at "Brimstone Corner" both for the fiery sermons and a surprise of what was once stored in the cellar!
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Granary Burying Ground, Tremont Street (between Park and School Sreets), Boston, MA 02108
This is the resting place of many of the key figures of the Revolution. You'll meet them and have a brief introduction to each and the roles they played. Buried here are Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock and the victims of the Boston Massacre.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02108-3201
This 1749 Anglican Church is where the first conflict erupted between Puritans and the King when in the 1680's the King stole land to place an unwanted church in Boston.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Old City Hall, 45 School St, Boston, MA 02108-3206
We visit the statue of Benjamin Franklin and a marker commemorating the oldest and still-operating school in the Colony.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St, Boston, MA 02108-4616
Meeting halls were exceptionally important in Colonial times. People heard from preachers and politicians. Most notably, it was from this Puritan Meeting House that Samuel Adams launched the Boston Tea Party and, in doing so, practically guaranteed the war that would follow.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Old State House, 206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109-1702
Once the head of the hated British government, this was the site of a fiery court battle that demonstrated the disregard for Colonial rights in 1761.
It is also the site of the 1760 Boston Massacre where innocent citizens were gunned down in cold blood... or did it happen a bit differently?
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Faneuil Hall Marketplace, 1 Faneuil Hall Sq Quincy Market, Boston, MA 02109-1604
Faneuil Hall has a history of hosting great speakers. From Samuel Adams who decried "No taxation without representation" to escaped slave and abolitionist, Frederick Douglass.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Ebenezer Hancock House, 10 Marshall St, Boston, MA 02108-2405
There is much to see in the "Blackstone Block", from the offices of newspaper, "Massachusetts Spy" to the "Headquarters of the Revolution" (a bar!) to the home of Ebenezer Hancock, brother of John, who's home was used to store money sent from the French to support the Revolution.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: The Paul Revere House, 19 North Sq, Boston, MA 02113-2405
One of the oldest homes remaining in Boston, Revere purchased this 1680 Post-Medieval house in 1760 where he fathered sixteen children with two wives.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Old North Church & Historic Site, 193 Salem St, Boston, MA 02113-1123
This church is key to the story of the Revolution when it was used to notify Patriots across narrow waters in Charlestown that the British "Regulars" would pass through Charlestown on their march to collect guns and powder in Lexington and Concord.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Corner of Snow Hill and Hull Streets, Boston, MA 02118
A brief visit to this burying ground to understand the geography of the Battle of Bunker Hill and visit a grave marker with an interesting story. to tell.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Bunker Hill Monument, Monument Square Charlestown, Boston, MA 02129
Learn here about the Battle of Bunker Hill -- fought on Breed's Hill. While losing the battle, the British losses were triple those of the Patriots.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: USS Constitution, Bldg. 5, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA 02129
The oldest commissioned war ship in the world is our final stop. Old Ironsides served the US Navy for many years both in US and foreign waters. It is a remarkable treasure.
Duration: 10 minutes
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