Tonight – April 18 – anniversary of Paul Revere’s famous “Midnight Ride” to Lexington, MA. This statue, near Old North Church, by Cyrus Dallin.
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Boston Freedom Trail – Multi-language
Translating “Boston Freedom Trail” into Chinese, with format for cell phone. Next languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic. Eminently readable.
Bunker Hill monument aerial photo
Aerial photograph looking over the Bunker Hill Monument, Charlestown, towards Boston, MA. The USS Constitution is at left. The famous battle took place June 17, 1775, on Breed’s Hill, on the right side of this photo.
Old State House Boston reading the Declaration
On July 18, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to the public for the first time in Boston, from the Old State House, at 1PM. Colonel Thomas Crafts was the reader.
Copps Hill burying ground photo
Tombstone of William Hough, 1714. Copp’s Hill, the Town’s second burying ground, was established in 1659 on a hill named for shoemaker William Copp. The site soon rivaled the Common as a public venue, hosting such spectacles as the 1704 execution of seven pirates.
Old North Church skyline photo
Steeple of Old North church, at sunrise. British Honduran merchants who traded frequently in Boston donated the Old North’s first steeple, with weathervane by Shem Drowne. (photo © Steve Dunwell)
Bunker Hill monument aerial photo
Photograph looking over the Bunker Hill Monument, Charlestown, towards Boston, MA. The USS Constitution is at left.
Granary Burying Ground photo
The Old Granary Granary contains the earliest casualties of rebellion. Victims of the Boston Massacre and the Battle of Bunker Hill lie here, alongside Paul Revere, John Hancock, Samuel Adams and James Otis.