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Looking for someone to briefly summarize what significance the sites along the Freedom Trail in Boston, MA play in our nation's history? It is not really clear from the material I've been reading. Thanks.
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1.) Boston Common was used as a camp by the British before the American Revolutionary War, from which they left for the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
2.) Park Street Church hosted the debut of My Country, 'Tis of Thee, also known as America, by Samuel Francis Smith on July 4, 1831.
3.) Granary Burying Ground is the final resting place for many notable Revolutionary War-era patriots, including three signers of the Declaration of Independence, Paul Revere and the five victims of the Boston Massacre.
4.) King's Chapel was a wooden church built in 1688 at the corner of Tremont and School Streets, where the church stands today. It was situated on the public burying ground because no resident would sell land for a non-Puritan church.
5.) King's Chapel Burying Ground was founded in 1630 as the first cemetery in the city of Boston. It was Boston's only burial site for 30 years (1630-1660).
6.) Old Corner Bookstore was a meeting-place for such authors as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charles Dickens, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
7.) Old South Meeting House gained fame as the organizing point for the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773. 5,000 colonists gathered at the Meeting House, the largest building in Boston at the time.
8.) Old State House served as a merchants' exchange as well as the seat of colonial and state governments. In 1761 James Otis opposed the Writs of Assistance here, inspiring John Adams to state "then and there the child independence was born."
9.) Site of the Boston Massacre was the location of an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British redcoats killed five civilian men. It helped spark the rebellion in some of the British American colonies, which culminated in the American Revolutionary War.
10.) Faneuil Hall has been a marketplace and a meeting hall since 1742. It was the site of several speeches by Samuel Adams, James Otis, and others encouraging independence from Great Britain.
11.) Paul Revere House is the colonial home of American patriot Paul Revere during the time of the American Revolution.
12.) Old North Church is the location from which the famous "One if by land, and two if by sea" signal is said to have been sent. This phrase is related to Paul Revere's midnight ride, of April 18, 1775, which preceded the Battles of Lexington and Concord during the American Revolution.
13.) Copp's Hill Burying Ground contains the remains of various notable Bostonians from the colonial era.
14.) Bunker Hill Monument The monument, one of the first in the United States, was erected to commemorate the Battle of Bunker Hill, the first major conflict between British and Patriot forces in the Revolutionary War, fought there June 17, 1775.
15.) USS Constitution Named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America, she is the world's oldest floating commissioned naval vessel. Launched in 1797, Constitution was one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed. Joshua Humphreys designed the frigates to be the young Navy's capital ships, and so Constitution and her sisters were larger and more heavily armed and built than standard frigates of the period.
1.) Boston Common was used as a camp by the British before the American Revolutionary War, from which they left for the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
2.) Park Street Church hosted the debut of My Country, 'Tis of Thee, also known as America, by Samuel Francis Smith on July 4, 1831.
3.) Granary Burying Ground is the final resting place for many notable Revolutionary War-era patriots, including three signers of the Declaration of Independence, Paul Revere and the five victims of the Boston Massacre.
4.) King's Chapel was a wooden church built in 1688 at the corner of Tremont and School Streets, where the church stands today. It was situated on the public burying ground because no resident would sell land for a non-Puritan church.
5.) King's Chapel Burying Ground was founded in 1630 as the first cemetery in the city of Boston. It was Boston's only burial site for 30 years (1630-1660).
6.) Old Corner Bookstore was a meeting-place for such authors as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charles Dickens, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
7.) Old South Meeting House gained fame as the organizing point for the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773. 5,000 colonists gathered at the Meeting House, the largest building in Boston at the time.
8.) Old State House served as a merchants' exchange as well as the seat of colonial and state governments. In 1761 James Otis opposed the Writs of Assistance here, inspiring John Adams to state "then and there the child independence was born."
9.) Site of the Boston Massacre was the location of an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British redcoats killed five civilian men. It helped spark the rebellion in some of the British American colonies, which culminated in the American Revolutionary War.
10.) Faneuil Hall has been a marketplace and a meeting hall since 1742. It was the site of several speeches by Samuel Adams, James Otis, and others encouraging independence from Great Britain.
11.) Paul Revere House is the colonial home of American patriot Paul Revere during the time of the American Revolution.
12.) Old North Church is the location from which the famous "One if by land, and two if by sea" signal is said to have been sent. This phrase is related to Paul Revere's midnight ride, of April 18, 1775, which preceded the Battles of Lexington and Concord during the American Revolution.
13.) Copp's Hill Burying Ground contains the remains of various notable Bostonians from the colonial era.
14.) Bunker Hill Monument The monument, one of the first in the United States, was erected to commemorate the Battle of Bunker Hill, the first major conflict between British and Patriot forces in the Revolutionary War, fought there June 17, 1775.
15.) USS Constitution Named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America, she is the world's oldest floating commissioned naval vessel. Launched in 1797, Constitution was one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed. Joshua Humphreys designed the frigates to be the young Navy's capital ships, and so Constitution and her sisters were larger and more heavily armed and built than standard frigates of the period.
What are the best locations to visit on a road trip?
I live in Florida, and my friends and I are planning a road trip to go on within the next year. Please help with the best places to visit! :D
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The Alamo is always good. Williamsburg is great. Carlsbad Caverns is fantastic. Yellowstone National Park, the Wind River Caves are a joke, Mammoth Cave system is neat, basis for the Tom Sawyer Injun Joe fight. But in my own opinion the two most fascinating places anywhere to visit are the Smithsonian and the Museum of Natural History. Or maybe the Strand, the world's largest bookstore in New York City.
The Alamo is always good. Williamsburg is great. Carlsbad Caverns is fantastic. Yellowstone National Park, the Wind River Caves are a joke, Mammoth Cave system is neat, basis for the Tom Sawyer Injun Joe fight. But in my own opinion the two most fascinating places anywhere to visit are the Smithsonian and the Museum of Natural History. Or maybe the Strand, the world's largest bookstore in New York City.
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