The Freedom Trail (Boston, Massachusetts)

The Freedom Trail is a 2.5 mile red (mostly brick) path running through downtown Boston that passes by 16 locations significant to the history of the United States. While in Boston, Dan and I walked this route that starts at the Boston Common (this country's first Public Park) and winds its way to the USS Constitution (the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat). Stops along the trail including ground markers, graveyards (we saw where Benjamin Franklin is buried), historically significant churches (including Boston's first church) and buildings, the site of the Boston Massacre, Paul Revere's house, Bunker Hill, and both the Old State House and the current State House. We took our time, along this walk through time, stopping at the various locations to linger and imagine what it must have been like to be here centuries ago when the country was young and just beginning to take shape. Lessons previously learned behind a desk in a classroom came to life during our stroll along the Freedom Trail. Below are some pictures from that day.