![]() The most interesting exhibit in the place though, was the model of the town of Boston in 1773. “But the kids really get a sense of the history and the basis for all of the things they’re learning.” “It’s not exactly accurate most of the time,” she confided in me. The children then get to argue the pros and cons of the tax, as if they were colonists. In the actual places where the colonists sat in their meetings, they give presentations to schoolchildren. Talking with her later, I found that the South Meeting House is actually overseen by a private nonprofit organization, Revolutionary Spaces. The tax incensed the colonists and led to the revolution. When I entered I found a woman explaining the tea tax to a group of grammar school children. It’s high on the list of must-see’s on a tour of the Boston Freedom Trail, self-guided or not. The Old South Meetinghouse is a national historic site. Old South Meetinghouse – An Important Boston Freedom Trail Stop More astonishingly, the grave stone was facing in the opposite direction of all the others. I found it almost hidden in the back of the cemetery. At first I couldn’t find her tombstone until someone showed me the right direction. There are a few notables interred there including Massachusetts’ first Governor, John Winthrop.īut I hadn’t some to see the Governor, but rather the grave of Mary Chilton, the first woman to step off the Mayflower. And I was amazed to learn it was actually older than the Granary. The next stop on my self-guided Freedom Trail tour of Boston was the King’s Chapel Burying Ground. They’re clear, according to the docent, so one can see the Commons on one side, and the Granary Burial Ground on the opposite. It’s a beautiful church with clear windows. It became famous for supporting Abolitionist causes long before the Civil War. This Boston church, however, is historical in its own right. In fact, the old granary was where colonists made the sails for the USS Constitution, “Old Ironsides.” It was, however, built in the early 1800s on the site of an old granary. Long pews and balconies there ran across the back and down the sides.Įavesdropping on a docent speaking with some other visitors, I realized the church wasn’t from colonial times as I thought. There I walked up the stairs and passed through leather-covered doors into the spacious sanctuary. I crossed the street and entered the Church. Across the street was Park Street Church, one of the gathering places of colonial patriots prior to the war of independence from Britain. ![]() To begin my self-guided tour of the Boston Freedom Trail, I left the subway at Park Street, right at Boston Common. A couple of times I lost track where bricks were missing on a torn-up sidewalk. Some areas along the trail are badly in need of repair, however. On your walk along the Freedom Trail you’re guided from site to site by a line of red bricks set in the sidewalk.
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