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The Freedom Trail is a red-brick line/path/trail weaving through the city. It connects 16 key historic sites, each one telling a piece of Boston's part in the birth of America. The Freedom Trail includes the Boston Common, State House, Park Street Church, Granary Burying Ground, King's Chapel, King's Chapel Burying Ground, Benjamin Franklin statue (site of America's first public school), Old Corner Bookstore, Old South Meeting House, Old State House, site of the Boston Massacre, Faneuil Hall (photo left) & Quincy Market, Paul Revere House, Old North Church, USS Constitution, and the Battle of Bunker Hill Monument.
Click here for complete information on the Freedom Trail with links to info on all 16 sites mentioned above. Click here for Freedom Trail map.
More on Boston: Arnold Arboretum, Beacon Hill, Back Bay & the Fens, Fenway Park, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Science, New England Aquarium, subway/bus passes, Convention & Visitors Bureau.
More on Cambridge: Harvard University, Harvard Yard, Harvard Square, MIT |
