Park Street Church

Park Street Church was built in 1809, and was the site of the old town granary where grain was stored. Among many 'firsts' in this country, this is also the location of the first Sunday school program in 1816, the oldest radio ministry in 1923, the start of the Billy Graham evangelistic crusades, as well as the start of the Animal Rescue League more recently. Samuel Francis Smith’s hymn, “America” (otherwise known as “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”), was first sung on the front steps of the church by Park Street’s Children’s Choir on July 4, 1831. Founded in 1660, the Granary is the third oldest burying ground in Boston and is one of the stops on the Boston Freedom Trail.