{"id":30143,"date":"2015-11-19T11:20:28","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T18:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/?p=30143"},"modified":"2015-11-19T11:23:03","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T18:23:03","slug":"the-freedom-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2015\/11\/19\/the-freedom-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"The Freedom Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"

American history.<\/i><\/p>\n

My son’s trip to Boston to check out prep schools coincided nicely with his history studies in intermediate school where he is in the middle of colonial and revolutionary American times, so at his teacher’s suggestion we took the Freedom Trail tour over the weekend to better soak up the history abundantly on display in downtown Boston.<\/p>\n

The Trail covers over a dozen historical sites and is led by a guide dressed in period costume.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Trail map.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

Here is Winston, suitably bundled up, on Boston Common, ready to start the tour:<\/p>\n

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\nBundled up and ready to go.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

A goodly amount of time is spent at the Granary Burying Ground, named for the 12,000-bushel grain storage building that was once next door, which is the last resting place of Peter Faneuil, Paul Revere, John Hancock and Samuel Adams amongst others.<\/p>\n


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\nWealthy individuals like Peter Faneuil enjoy large tombs.
\nOur tour guide is dressed in period slave costume.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nPaul Revere’s tomb.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nSam Adams not only signed the Declaration of Independence, he also brewed beer, made to this day.
\nThe picture on the beer bottle label is of Paul Revere.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nThe Boston Latin School. There is no spire as funds ran out!
\nDating from 1635, it’s the oldest public school in America.
\nFive signers of the Declaration of Independence attended Boston Latin:
\nBenjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Robert Treat Paine, and William Hooper. <\/i><\/p>\n

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\nThe old State House. Built in 1713 to house the colony\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s government,
\nthe Old State House was at the center of civic events that sparked the American Revolution.
\nThe Boston Massacre took place right outside.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nAnother tour guide in period costume.
\nWe enjoyed beautiful weather on the tour.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nBuilt in 1729, Old South Meeting House was not a church,
\nbut rather a meeting house for the Puritans to worship.
\nIt was in this House that the momentous decision was
\nmade to dump British tea in the harbor, rather than pay taxes.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nA poster advertising the Trail.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nThe trail wends through many small alleyways.
\nThis old bookshop typifies the setting.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nSign designating the original location of the Old Meeting House.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nFaneuil Hall. Often referred to as “the home of free speech” and
\nthe “Cradle of Liberty,” Faneuil Hall hosted America’s first Town Meeting.<\/i><\/p>\n

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All snapped by Winston and dad on iPhone6 cameras.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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