While on a short road trip to the northeastern states, I decided to visit Boston, since it has a plethora of interesting historic places, and I am always finding new things to learn when I visit here. It seems that the entire city is part of the Boston National Historic Park.

I have been to Boston several times, and have walked various sections of the Freedom Trail. After being at the Saugus Iron Works Historical Park, and the Salem Maritime Historical Site earlier in the day, I only stopped to do a short bit of the Freedom Trail. I stopped in at Faneuil Hall, which was built in 1742. The building has been the site for town meetings for over 250 years, and most notably was the site where meetings were held leading up to the Revolutionary War.

Another spot I visited this time was the Old South Meeting house, which was also the site of many meetings and was built in 1729. . This building was moved to the site it is on now in 1879 after a fire in Boston, Since that time, it has been used as a museum.

I also stopped in the Old North Church, Where, "On the evening of April 18, 1775 Robert Newman and John Pulling quietly entered Old North and carefully climbed to the top of the church's bell tower. They briefly hung two lanterns near the windows and made their escape. This signal, from the tallest structure in the town of Boston, served as an early warning that a detachment of the British Army was crossing the Charles River and heading west towards the towns of Lexington and Concord. By the end of the next night, the American Revolutionary War had begun."

Lots of history in and around Boston, and its tough to do it all in one day.

#Massachusetts