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The Freedom Trail

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1 State St, Boston, MA 02109
 • (617) 242-5642
www.thefreedomtrail.org
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The Freedom Trail is an introduction to Colonial Revolutionary history and is one of the oldest public parks in the country. Starting at the Boston Common, the trail then continues to hit as many as 16 historical points, until it ends at the Bunker Hill Monument. Different tour companies may offer different routes. Locations highlighted are the Old State House, the King's Chapel and Burying Ground, the First Public School Site and Ben Franklin Statue, Park Street Church and Granary Burying Ground, Old South Meeting House, Old Corner Bookstore, the Massachusetts State House, the Boston Massacre Site, Faneuil Hall, the Paul Revere House, Old North Church, Copp's Hill Burying Ground, the USS Constitution and Charlestown Navy Yard. You need to devote a full day to the trail, since its length is about 2.5 miles, and many visitors like to linger and taste some of the local flavor along the way.

Tours of The Trail are offered daily from The Boston Common Visitors Center! This tour was awarded official Best Historical Tours of Massachusetts 2008. 978-741-1170 "take The Right Tour"

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Massachusetts State House

24 Beacon Street, Boston, MA
 • (617) 727-3676
www.state.ma.us/sec/trs
DID YOU KNOW? With historical emphasis on the Salem Witch Trials, the Boston Common has its own macabre history of public executions. Hangings were done on the old elm tree on the western side of the Common, and in 1769, gallows replaced the hanging tree. Public executions took place in the Common up until 1817, when the gallows were taken down.
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Park Street Church

1 Park Street, Boston, MA
 • (617) 523-3383
DID YOU KNOW? Park Street church's steeple rises to 313 feet and remains a landmark visible from several Boston neighborhoods. Also, the church became known as "Brimstone Corner," because of the storage of gunpowder during the War of 1812.This then caused lots of chaos.Thomas Gage(first MA governor) declared this gun powder to be blown up in case of British attack.
 
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Granary Burying Ground

DID YOU KNOW? Granary Burying Ground is also the site of Elizabeth "Mother" Goose's grave, believed by some to be "Mother Goose." It's unclear whether or not her body is buried under the headstone or elsewhere in the cemetery. Of course, the debate among historians has, well, ruffled a few feathers over the years.
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King's Chapel

King's Chapel, Boston, MA
DID YOU KNOW? The musical tradition of King's Chapel dates back to 1713 when the church became the first in New England to acquire an organ. The present organ, the sixth, was made by C.B. Fisk in 1964.
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Benjamin Franklin Statue

45 School Street, Boston, MA
DID YOU KNOW? The oldest portrait statue in Boston, of Benjamin Franklin and erected in 1856, is behind the fence in the courtyard and overlooks the original building site where Franklin, Samuel Adams and John Hancock once attended.
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Old Corner Bookstore

3 School Street, Boston, MA
 • (617) 635-4505
DID YOU KNOW? The building had fallen into disrepair by the 1950s and was restored in 1960. Currently, it's the home of Ultra Diamonds.
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Old South Meeting House

310 Washington Street, Boston, MA
 • (617) 482-6439
DID YOU KNOW? After the Boston Massacre in March 1770, where five colonists were killed by British soldiers, thousands of outraged Bostonians gathered at Old South to protest.
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Old State House

206 Washington Street, Boston, MA
 • (617) 720-1713
DID YOU KNOW? The Old State House boasts a spiral staircase and a collection of memorabilia including a vial of tea from the Boston Tea Party, Benjamin Franklin's shaving bowl, muskets from Bunker Hill and John Hancock's red velvet waistcoat.
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Faneuil Hall

DID YOU KNOW? Street Performers, or buskers as they were called, first appeared at Faneuil Hall Marketplace more than 30 years ago to provide entertainment for construction workers renovating Quincy Market, South Market and North Market Buildings.
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Paul Revere House

19 North Square, Boston, MA
 • (617) 523-2338
DID YOU KNOW? The name of Paul Revere's horse, made famous by the Longfellow poem, will forever remain anonymous. There is one mention of the mare within the genealogy of the Larkin family, rumored to be the owners of the horse Revere used that night. "Brown Beauty," the mare loaned at the request of Samuel Larkin's son, deacon John Larkin, was never returned to the owner after the famous ride. If true, not only did Revere ride a mare that he didn't own, but it's a twice borrowed horse.
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Old North Church

193 Salem Street, Boston, MA
 • (617) 523-6676
DID YOU KNOW? In the Old North Church's steeple, Robert Newman hung two lanterns signaling Paul Revere's famous "midnight ride." A re-enactment takes place every year on April 19 to commemorate.
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Copp's Hill Burying Ground

Hull Street, Boston, MA
 • (617) 635-4505
DID YOU KNOW? Because of its close proximity to the The Charles River and its location on a large hill, the British used the site during the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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U.S.S. Constitution

Boston Naval Shipyard NHS, Charlestown, MA
DID YOU KNOW? Having never lost a battle in its long career, in 1997 the USS Constitution celebrated its bicentennial.
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USS Constitution Museum

Boston Naval Shipyard NHS, Charlestown, MA
 • (617) 426-1812
DID YOU KNOW? The museum facility has expanded since originally opening its doors in 1976, nearly doubling in space as the museum worked with the National Park Service to expand into two adjacent buildings as well as erecting a connector.
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Bunker Hill Monument

Monument Square, Charlestown, MA
 • (617) 242-5641

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