Boston's Freedom Trail: Trace the Path of American History - Softcover

Booth, Robert

 
9780762747696: Boston's Freedom Trail: Trace the Path of American History

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The two-and-a-half-mile Freedom Trail offers a rare opportunity to trace the path of American history and this handy guide is the perfect companion to carry along. Provided is a brief description of each site’s historical significance and architectural details, as well as information about admission fees and hours of operation.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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 and the sixth edition of Insiders' Guide to Cape Cod. She lives in Medford, Massachusetts.

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With this book as your companion, journey back in time as you follow the 2 ½-mile Freedom Trail past 26 historic landmarks that embody pivotal events in the formation of our nation, including the site of the Boston Massacre and the Bunker Hill Monument.
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 seventeenth-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

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