Today we walked the rest of the freedom trail.
Of course we ran into "Cheers" on our way to the Boston Common to start our journey on the Freedom Trail.
The Freedom Trail begins at Boston Common where cattle once grazed
and British Soldiers camped.
Puritan settlers established the Common in 1634,
making it the nation's oldest public park.
Patriots John Hancock, Paul Revere, James Otis, Samuel Adams, Robert Treat Paine; victims of the Boston Massacre;
and whole families of settlers ravaged by fire and plague are interred in this cemetery next to the Park Street Church.
Old South Meeting House
Built in 1729 as a Puritan house of worship, the Old South Meeting House was the largest building in colonial Boston. In the days leading to the American Revolution, citizens gathered here to challenge British rule, protesting the Boston Massacre and the tea tax.
Old State House
Built in 1713, this historic landmark was the seat of colonial and state governments as well as a merchants' exchange.
In 1761 patriot Janes Otis opposed the Writs of Assistance here, inspiring John Adams to state, "then and there the child independence was born."
A cobblestone circle under its balcony marks the site of the 1770 Boston Massacre when British soldiers fired into a crowd of Bostonians.
Fugitive slave Crispus Attucks was among the five victims who died that day.
Faneuil Hall
This old market building, first built in 1742, sits at the site of the old town dock. Town meetings, held here between 1764 and 1774, heard Samuel Adams and others lead cries of protest against the imposition of taxes on the colonies.
Paul Revere House
Boston's oldest residential neighborhood, the North End, includes the Paul Revere House, downtown Boston's oldest residence, built about 1680. Paul Revere and his family owned and occupied it most of the time from 1770 to 1880.
Old North Church
Built in 1723, Christ Church is better known as Old North.
Boston's oldest church building, it remains an active Episcopal Church.
On the night of April 18, 1775, sexton Robert Newman hung two lanterns in the steeple to warn Charlestown patriots of advancing British soldiers.
Boston's famous Mike's Pastry
Allan got the eclair and I got the Boston cream pie.
Delicious!
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