Insiders' Guide Boston's Freedom Trail: A Souvenir Guide - Softcover

Erica Bollerud spent several years as a travel editor at Yankee Publishing, Inc., contributing to Yankee magazine, Yankee Magazine's Travel Guide to New England, and NewEngland.com. She also updated the fourth edition of Historic Walks in Old Boston. She lives in Medford, Massachusetts.

The 21¼2-mile Freedom Trail offers a rare and wonderful opportunity to trace the path of American history. With this book as your companion, journey back in time as you follow the trail past the site of the Boston Massacre, the Bunker Hill Monument, and twenty-four other historic landmarks that embody pivotal events in the formation of our nation.
Put on your walking shoes and visit:Faneuil Hall, where the citizens of Boston voted their “opposition to Tyrants and their Minions”
Paul Revere’s house, the only 17th-century wooden dwelling still standing in any major American city
the Old South Meeting House, where Sam Adams’s December 16, 1773, oration led to the Boston Tea Party
the Old State House, the site of Boston’s first public reading of the Declaration of Independence
Each entry includes a brief description of the site’s historical significance and architectural details, as well as information about admission fees, hours of operation, wheelchair accessibility, and Web sites.