Apr 25 -Boston, Paul Revere, Freedom Trail

Paul Revere's grave marker

We drove  the car to Boston. Once there we went on a walking tour of the Freedom Trail. Around 1952 the Freedom Trail was proposed in Boston. The idea was to join together 16 of Boston’s historic places with a path that could be followed by anyone so that they wouldn’t miss any of the history. Rather than navigate the “red line” around the city ourselves we went with a guide who was in costume and in character. Our guide was Paul Revere’s wife Rachel.  It was a fun and great tour, learning about Sam Adams (nothing to do with beer). Benjamin Franklin’s upbringing.  Did you know that because of the “rules of engagement” Paul Revere was not killed when he was captured because he himself was not carrying a gun.  We learned about the Son’s of Liberty who were some of the early organized dissenters of British rule. The Boston Tea Party happened when protestors against the tax on tea disguised themselves and snuck onto British ships and then threw overboard 342 chests of tea. It was considered unpatriotic to drink tea after this and is one of the reasons coffee is so popular in the USA. The Boston Tea Party was just the lead up to The Revolutionary War, and eventually the signing of the Declaration of Independence.  The Declaration of Independence was read out from a second story of a building in what is now downtown Boston and continues to be read out from the same location every 4th of July. All of this happened in and around the Boston area.

Paul, who has been famous for nearly 200 years was the chief outhouse inspector

Boston Harbour

Boston Library