The Freedom Trail - Boston, Massachusetts

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.
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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.

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