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  • By amsterdam_vallon on April 3, 2004
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  • Paul Revere House - Boston
    Paul Revere House
    by amsterdam_vallon
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    Paul Revere House Built around 1680, the Revere House was home to silversmith and patriot Paul Revere lived here from 1770 to 1800. It is the oldest wooden building still standing in Boston. Paul Revere While living here he performed the patriotic acts he was famous for such as the Boston Tea Party and his night ride to warn the Lexington and Concord residents of the approaching British Redcoats.Inside the house, you obtain a fascinating glimpse into everyday life for the Reveres during the Revolutionary era. Freedom Trail Walking Info : Continue left on North Street. Follow The Trail by taking the first left onto Prince Street and right onto Hanover Street. Walk two blocks and cross Hanover Street into Paul Revere Mall. Walk through the Mall to the Old North Church.

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  • Directions: The Paul Revere House 19 North Square 617-523-2338 Apr. 15 - Oct. 31: 9:30 - 5 :15; Nov. 1 - Apr. 14: 9:30 - 4:15 Closed Mondays, Jan. - Mar., Thanksgiving, Dec. 25, Jan. 1
  • Website: www.paulreverehouse.org

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    Freedom Trail: 44 Hull St
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  • By leffe3 on June 3, 2003
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  • Freedom Trail - Boston
    by leffe3
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    Towards the end (or beginning) of the Freedom Trail prior to disappearing across to Charlestown, you will see 44 Hull Street - Boston's narrowest house - all of 9 and a half feet wide! Built in 1800, it was apparently built out of spite to block light from a neighbour's house.

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  • Updated By diver-x on December 3, 2007
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  • The Old State House on the Freedom Trail - Boston
    The Old State House on
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    by diver-x
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    The Freedom Trail starts in the Boston Common and ends up at Charlestown near the USS Constitution and Bunker Hill Monument. You can walk self-guided by following the red line on the sidewalk or take a guided tour courtesy of the National Parks Service. Pictured here is one of the sights you will see, the Old State House, where the Boston Massacre occurred.

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  • Phone: 617-227-8800
  • Directions: Follow the red lines on the sidewalk. Sometimes painted, sometimes red brick. Starts in Boston Common.
  • Website: http://www.thefreedomtrail.org/

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    Freedom Trail: Freedom Trail - Seventh Stop (a) -
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  • Updated By amsterdam_vallon on March 31, 2004
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  • Benjamin Franklin's Statue - Boston
    Benjamin Franklin's Statue
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    Benjamin Franklin's Statue As you follow The Freedom Trail down School Street, you will notice a half-smiling, half-serious statue of Benjamin Franklin outside the Old City Hall and a plaque on the sidewalk, marking the site of the first Public School. It is the first portrait statue erected in the United States. This is also the site of the country's first public school, Boston Latin School (1635), which is still in operation in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston. Freedom Trail Walking Info : Continue to follow The Trail straight down the street to the Old Corner Bookstore Building.

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    Freedom Trail: Freedom Trail - Ninth Stop -
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  • Updated By amsterdam_vallon on March 31, 2004
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  • Old South Meeting House - Boston
    Old South Meeting House
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    Old South Meeting House Built in 1729, Old South Meeting House was a Puritan house of worship. It was from here that an outraged Samuel Adams gave the signal to proceed with the Boston Tea Party. Following a two-year rehabilitation and restoration project, the Old South Meeting House reopened in October of 1997. Old South's reputation as a place for history-making oratory has continued through the generations. You can go inside to visit "Voices of Protest," a permanent exhibition that tells Old South's story over two centuries. It's a sometimes disturbing, often inspiring, frequently controversial, but always fascinating story of the people who have made history within these walls. Freedom Trail Walking Info : After leaving Old South Meeting House, turn right onto Washington Street. Follow The Trail two blocks to the Old State House.

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  • Directions: 310 Washington Street 617-482-6439 November - March: daily 10:00 - 4:00 April - October: daily 9:30 - 5:00
  • Website: www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org

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    Freedom Trail: Old State House
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  • By smschley on February 27, 2005
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  • Freedom Trail - Boston
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    Built in 1713, it was called the Town House, the court of the provisional governor, City Hall, and in time became the statehouse of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This is also the site where you will find the landmark for the Boston Massacre, which took place March 5, 1770 and where five Patriots were killed. A circle of cobblestone depicts the original site. Check out my Travelogue for a picture of this monument. Prominent are the lion and unicorn statues, symbols of royal authority, positioned on the gables. These figures were torn down during the celebration of America's independence, and restored in 1882. Today the Old State House has become a museum and historic study; it also provides an entrance to the State Street subway stop. The Old State House's shallow foundation provided an area for the subway stops to be stacked beneath it, without having to dig beneath the far deeper foundations of the surrounding buildings

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  • Directions: Washington and State Streets.

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    Freedom Trail: Freedom Trail - Fifth Stop -
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  • Updated By amsterdam_vallon on March 31, 2004
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  • King's Chapel - Boston
    King's Chapel
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    King's Chapel In 1688, the Royal Governor built King's Chapel on the town burying ground when no one in the city would sell him land to build a non-Puritan church. The first King's Chapel was a tiny church used by the King's men who occupied Boston to enforce British law. By 1749, the building was too small for the congregation, which had grown to include a number of prominent merchants and their families. The congregation hired America's first architect, Peter Harrison, to design a church "that would be the equal of any in England." The new church was completed in 1754. Harrison's plans included a steeple, which has never been built, and a colonnade, which was not completed until after the Revolution. The magnificent interior is considered the finest example of Georgian church architecture in North America. Freedom Trail Walking Info : Turn right as you leave King's Chapel and the Burying Ground is next door.

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  • Directions: King's Chapel Corner of Tremont and School Streets 617-227-2155 Summer Hours: Mon. Thu. Fri. Sat. 10:00 - 4:00 Winter Hours: Sat. 10:00 - 4:00 Services are held Wednesdays, 12:15pm and Sundays 11:00am
  • Website: www.kings-chapel.org

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    Freedom Trail: Paul Revere House
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  • Updated By cruisingbug on March 31, 2006
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  • Paul Revere House, North End, Boston - Boston
    Paul Revere House, North End,
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    Stop #12 of 16 on the Freedom Trail is Paul Revere's House in North End. It's about a 10-15 minute walk from the last stop, Faneuil Hall. Entrance fee is $3 for adults. The house was not built by Revere, but by a wealthy merchant almost 100 years before Revere and his family occupied it. The house itself is rather small - you enter through a courtyard and then the back door into the kitchen area, then a sitting room/parlor, then upstairs to a combination bedroom/parlor and finally a back bedroom before exiting and going down a set of wooden stairs outside. Paul Revere had two wives (the first died shortly after giving birth to their eighth child), and 16 children. How he found time for his famous midnight ride is a mystery! Not all the contents were Revere's - the exterior of the house itself was restored back to its original (ca. 1680) appearance, but artifacts reflect the time period in which the Reveres lived. A few exceptions are noted in each room (a sampler on the wall of the bedroom, a small rocker, etc) which did belong to the Revere family. Upstairs is an excellent display on the back wall of the parlor/bedroom of Revere's patriotic biography as well as samples of his silver work. Outside in the courtyard is a bell cast by Revere (as well as the text of the 12 month warranty that went with the bell).

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  • Address: 19 North Square
  • Directions: North End
  • Website: www.paulreverehouse.org

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    Freedom Trail: Boston Massacre
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  • By Bostongrrl on September 19, 2003
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    Boston Massacre Location
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    In front of the Old State House, a circle of cobblestones commemorates the Boston Massacre. At this site, tensions between the colonists and British soldiers erupted into violence on March 5, 1770. A minor dispute between a wigmaker's young apprentice and a British sentry turned into a riot. The relief soldiers that came to the aid of the British were met by an angry crowd of colonists who hurled snowballs, rocks, clubs, and insults. The soldiers fired into the crowd and killed five colonists. Samuel Adams and other patriots called the event a "massacre".

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  • Address: Devonshire and State Street intersection

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    Freedom Trail: The Freedom Trail
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  • Updated By RhondaRuth on October 8, 2002
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  • The Old State House - Boston
    The Old State House
    by RhondaRuth
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    The Freedom Trail is a 2.5 mile path connecting 16 historic sites that were significant to the American Revolution, including the Old State House, Copp's Hill burial ground, Faneuil Hall, Paul Revere House, King's Chapel, Old North Church, Bunker Hill, Old Ironsides, and more. . Here's the Old State House which is along the Freedom trail. Today the Old State House is home to the Museum of Boston History. Start your tour here if you like and walk in one direction for the day. Then start back there again the next day and go in the other direction. It's something you can do at your own pace and stop and see what you like along the way.

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  • Address: State Street
  • Directions: Right in the middle of Boston!
  • Website: http://travel.boston.com/places/boston/freedomtrai

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