This album depicts the 16 historic sites which can be seen along the Freedom Trail in the heart of Boston, MA. Come! Let's take the virtual tour of the Freedom Trail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other Interesting Trails - Boston, MA, USA
Black Heritage Trail - North Slope of Beacon Hill, Boston, 02108 African-Americans in 19th-century Boston is the theme of this walk, operated by the National Park Service, which encompasses many historically significant sites. Visit the Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Regiment Memorial honoring the first black regiment to be recruited in the North. Several historic homes can be viewed from the outside. Visitors may also enter the African Meeting House where the New England Anti-Slavery Society was founded. The trail celebrates the history of Boston's black community between 1800 and 1900, when they settled in this part of Beacon Hill. It passes all the most interesting houses in the area and gives a glimpse of Victorian Boston. It starts at the Shaw Memorial opposite the State House in Beacon Street and ends at George Middleton House. George Middleton was a colonel in the Revolution and commanded an all-black company.
Boston's Irish Heritage Trail - 20 Buckingham Road, Milton, 02186 Tel: +1 (617) 696 9880 A walking tour of thirty sites in Boston that tell the illustrious history of the Boston Irish. A fascinating journey over 300 years of Boston Irish history, visiting parks, cemeteries, memorials and buildings with Irish relevance. Directions: Starts at Irish Famine Memorial, Washington and School Streets in downtown Boston Nearest subway station: Downtown Crossing or Government Center
Boston Women's Heritage Trail - Boston, MA, USA Actually five trails in five distinct city neighborhoods, this self-guided tour presents the stories of some of Boston's female patriots, intellectuals, abolitionists, suffragists, artists and writers over four centuries. The trail, passing through Chinatown and the theater district, highlights buildings where notable women have either worked or lived. It starts at the Old South Meeting House and ends at Tremont Street, where number 174 used to be the Boston School of Cooking, the first professional school in Boston for women cooks.
The Boston Waterfront Trail - Boston, MA, USA Since the founding of Boston, the waterfront has changed out of all recognition. Shipping is now reduced to ferries, sightseeing boats and pleasure craft. Landfill has created a new, modern waterfront with good restaurants, where property is among the most expensive in the city. This walk illustrates some of the changes that have evolved over the centuries. It starts at the Old State House and ends at South Station, which was the biggest railway station in the world when it was completed in 1900.
5. KING'S CHAPEL AND BURYING GROUND - Tremont and School Streets Continue down School Street to the statue of Benjamin Franklin, situated in front of the Old City Hall. King's Chapel and Burying Ground are located in the right corner. This was America's first Anglican Congregation in Boston, founded in 1688. The present structure was built in 1754 during colonial times. The church became the first Unitarian church in America after the American Revolution. Next door is the burying ground where you will find the resting places of the first Governor of Massachusetts, John Winthrop and Mary Chilton, the first woman to step off of the Mayflower ship, as well as William Dawes, Jr. who finished Paul Revere's 'midnight ride'.