Walking the Freedom Trail in Boston
How to see Boston on foot, and learn a bit history while doing it.
Boston is a fairly compact city, and chalk full of history. Due to this it is a fairly easy walking city, and they have made it easy to see the highlights of the history of the city (which shaped the USA as we know it today.) By following the Freedom Trail, you can find the highlights of the things we learned in school (and by “we”, I mean if you grew up in the States).
The Freedom Trail is a 2.5 mile walk throughout the city (which is marked on the sidewalks to lead you in the right direction) You can start the trail at Boston Common, the oldest city public park in the country, founded in 1634. It ends 2.5 miles away at USS Constitution, a 3 masted wooded ship launched in 1794, and the oldest of its type in the world still afloat.
Along the walk, you will see sites such as the Massachusetts State House (completed in 1798), The Park Street church (founded in 1894), and the Old South Meeting House. The Old South Meeting House is a church most famous for the birthplace of the Boston Tea Party. Some notable congregants of this church were Samuel Adams and Benjamin Franklin. As a side note, The Boston Tea Party Museum (not apart of the Freedom Trail) is a great place to learn about the history of the Boston Tea Party. As an added bonus, you can throw “tea” off the side…
