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FREEDOM TRAIL Hancock. The red brick portion was designed by legendary architect Charles Bulfinch. PARK STREET CHURCH. Corner of Park and Tremont streets, 617523-3383. Sunday services at 8:30 and 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Morning services are traditional, evening services are contemporary. Built in 1809, this church was described by Henry James as “the most interesting mass of brick and
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mortar in America.” OLD GRANARY BURYING GROUND. Tremont Street next to Park Street Church, 617-635-4505. Open daily 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. This historic cemetery, adjacent to the former town granary, is the final resting place of John Hancock, Paul Revere, Robert Treat Paine, Samuel Adams, Peter Faneuil and the victims of the Boston Massacre, as well as Elizabeth Goose, believed to be the legendary “Mother Goose.” KING’S CHAPEL AND BURYING GROUND. Tremont and School popular attractions connects 16 historic sites with streets, 617-227-2155. Chapel open a red-brick line. Refer to listings, below. Sat 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Services: Sun at 11 a.m., Wed at 12:15 p.m. Burying Grounds open daily 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Still an active house of worship, The Freedom Trail begins at the Boston King’s Chapel was established in Common Information Kiosk, where you can 1687 as the first Anglican congregation in Boston. The second obtain a guide map, rent a self-guided audio chapel, built in 1754, became the first Unitarian church in tour or take a walking tour (in season) with an America after the Revolution. 18th-century costumed guide. (Ticket sales from Freedom Trail Foundation tours help SITE OF THE FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL AND BEN FRANKLIN’S STATUE. On preserve the historic sites.) Boston National School Street, marked by a column and Historical Park (National Park Service) tours commemorative plaque. On April 13, begin at State and Devonshire streets. Please 1635, the town voted to establish the call 617-357-8300 or visit TheFreedomTrail.org first public school in the country. Nearby for additional information. is Benjamin Franklin’s statue, built in 1856, the first portrait statue erected in the United States. BOSTON COMMON. Set aside in 1634 as a military training field and grazing SITE OF THE OLD CORNER pasture, the Common is the oldest pubBOOKSTORE. School and Washington lic park in America. The park served as streets. Constructed as an apothecary in quarters for British as well as Colonial 1718, the ground floor was later a troops, and later housed Civil War regibookstore and literary center of Boston ments. The British Army set out for the and a meeting place for notables like start of the Revolutionary War from Emerson, Hawthorne and Thoreau. what is now Park Square.
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THE STATE HOUSE. Beacon Street, top of Beacon Hill facing Boston Common, 617727-3676. Mon–Fri 10 a.m.–4 p.m., except holidays. Advance registration is required for guided tours. The famous golden dome of the State House marks the government seat of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Samuel Adams laid the cornerstone, and the building stands on land acquired from John PA N O R A M A
OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE. 310 Washington St., 617-482-6439. Daily 10:00 a.m.–4 p.m. Admission: $6; seniors & students $5; children (6–18) $1; children (under 6) free. This building housed many town meetings, the most famous of which saw an outraged Samuel Adams signal the start of the Boston Tea Party.