Finally, a Friendly's!
Boston Common is America's oldest public park. Park Street Church in the back ground is where "My Country 'Tis of Thee" was sung for the first time.
Massachusetts State House
Samuel Adams grave, Granary Burying Ground--resting place of many prominent Bostonians, including Paul Revere, John Hancock, and to the left, victims of the Boston Massacre.
Benjamin Franklin's family grave (but I don't think he's buried here?)
King's Chapel
Old City Hall. Where I'm standing is the site of the first public school in the U.S., where Ben Franklin, John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Ralph Waldo Emerson went to school.
Old State House, Boston's oldest public building. The Declaration of Independence was read from a balcony in July 1776.
This intersection was the site of the Boston Massacre
Quincy Market
Union Oyster House, oldest restaurant in the U.S, est. 1826, the house itself being even older and full of history.
Paul Revere's house
Paul Revere's House
The Old North Church. It was in this steeple on April 18, 1775, that two lanterns were hung signaling the beginning of Paul Revere's ride.
A war memorial
USS Constitution--Old Ironsides, the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world, used in the War of 1812.
Following the red brick freedom trail
Bunker Hill Monument
Oldest tavern in America, The Bell in Hand Tavern
At the Bell in Hand
Union Oyster House
New England Holocaust memorial. "Ilse, a childhood friend of mine, once found a raspberry in the camp and carried it around in her pocket all day to present to me that night on a leaf. Imagine a world in which your entire possession is one raspberry and you give it to your friend." Gerda Weissman Klein, Holocaust survivor.
Faneuil Hall. It was in this meeting place that patriots like Samuel Adams spoke and Bostonians' opposition to the British began. Has since continued to host political speeches and debates.
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in front of the Old City Hall
Friendly's, somewhere in Connecticut
