It’s amazing how much history there is in this brief two mile stretch! It made for a long, but very interesting day. Some of the many historic sites here include: the burial ground with more famous dead people than any other in the world (Revere, Hancock, etc.), the Old South Meeting House from where the Boston Tea Party was launched as well as th
e meeting place for many heated Revoluti
onary discussions, Old State House which served as the seat of Government and the site of the Boston Massacre, Paul Revere’s home and the Old North Church where the famous two lanterns hung that fateful night long ago. We also saw and toured the oldest Navy ship afloat anywhere in the world. It is still a
commissioned navy ship. You may know it as “Old Ironsides.” It was awesome to see and tour. I learned so much, but the most interesting bit of trivia was that navy sailors on this ship were as young as 8!!! I can’t imagine sending an 8 year old to war!! They actually had a navy rank called “boy.”
It’s amazing how much history there is in this brief two mile stretch! It made for a long, but very interesting day. Some of the many historic sites here include: the burial ground with more famous dead people than any other in the world (Revere, Hancock, etc.), the Old South Meeting House from where the Boston Tea Party was launched as well as th
e meeting place for many heated Revolutionary discussions, Old State House which served as the seat of Government and the site of the Boston Massacre, Paul Revere’s home and the Old North Church where the famous two lanterns hung that fateful night long ago. We also saw and toured the oldest Navy ship afloat anywhere in the world. It is still a 
commissioned navy ship. You may know it as “Old Ironsides.” It was awesome to see and tour. I learned so much, but the most interesting bit of trivia was that navy sailors on this ship were as young as 8!!! I can’t imagine sending an 8 year old to war!! They actually had a navy rank called “boy.”
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