Boston Common, autumn, looking East. The Freedom Trail starts at the Visitors Center, near the corner of Park St. and Tremont St., (top left in this view)
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Bunker Hill monument photo
The Bunker Hill Monument, commemorating the Battle on June 17th, 1775.
Paul Revere sandcastle photo
Paul Revere © Steve Dunwell
USS Constitution drydock photo
USS Constitution is in drydock now, so no “Turnaround” celebration this year. Visitors can tour the ship most days, after 2:30 PM. A great opportunity to see Old Ironsides.
Constitution in drydock
USS Constitution to drydock photo
USS Constitution prepares to enter the drydock, at 12:30AM May 20. The booms are off, the cannons are off, much of the rigging has been removed, and the ship floats much higher than usual.
Boston Massacre engraving by Paul Revere
“Bloody Massacre” Paul Revere
“Bloody Massacre in King Street,” engraved by Paul Revere, based on a drawing by Henry Pelham. From the collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Boston Massacre + Old State House photo
Old State House, snow © Steve Dunwell
The Boston Massacre occurred on a snowy evening, March 5, 1770, in front of the Old State House. Troops occupying Boston to enforce the new British taxes fired into a mob of about sixty rowdy Bostonians, wounding eight and killing five. Crispus Attucks, an African-american, was among the first to die.
USS Constitution interior 360 google streetview
Gun Deck, USS Constitution, by Google-Street View
Interior views of “Old Ironsides” USS Constitution are now available on Google Street View, so you can look around, up and down, and visit below decks on this amazing ship. The quality is excellent. Go to www.maps.google.com and search for “USS Constitution, Boston, MA”, then click “street view”…a great way to visit the ship before it goes into drydock for a 3 year rehab.
Old State House photo Freedom Trail
Boston’s oldest public building, erected in 1713 overlooking Long Wharf, replaced an old wooden Town House dating from 1658. After the Great fire of 1711, the town financed a brick building with a room for the Elder’s meeting, a library, an arsenal, and an arcaded farmers’ market “for the country people that come with theire provisions…to sitt dry and warme both in colde raine and durty weather.” It became the hub of the colony’s trade.
Preserved and operated by The Bostonian Society.
new State House by Bulfinch – painting
State House, Boston, MA
Designed by Charles Bulfinch. Cornerstone laid on July 4, 1795, with Paul Revere and Gov. Sam Adams presiding. This view is from a banjo clock, ca. 1870. Painted on glass, it shows the view from the Boston Common. The original dome was copper, from Revere’s workshop.