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5 The Freedom Trail

Boston has more sites directly related to the American
Revolution than any other city. The most important of these
sites, as well as some associated with the city’s history, have
been linked together as “The Freedom Trail.” This 2.5-mile
(4-km) walking route, marked in red on the sidewalks, starts PLEASANT STREET y
at Boston Common, weaves through the central city and M A I N S T R E E T MONUMENT STREET WESLEY HIGH ST
Old Boston, and ends at Bunker Hill in Charlestown. WINTHROP STREET LEXINGTON ST

Central City Paul Revere. Continuing along NEW RUTHERFORD AVE PARK WARREN STREET STREET
The Freedom Trail starts at the Tremont Street you will come
Visitor Information Center on to King’s Chapel and Burying Faneuil Hall, popularly known as the CHESTNUT STREET
Boston Common 1 (see p141). Ground 5 (see p146). The tiny “Cradle of Liberty ”
This is where angry colonials cemetery is Boston’s oldest, CHELSEA STREET
rallied against their British while King’s Chapel was the (see p147) presides over the
masters and where the British principal Anglican church in head of State Street. The CONSTITUTION ROAD
forces were encamped during Puritan Boston. The box pew Colonial government building,
the 1775–76 military occupation. on the right, just inside the it also served as the first state
Political speakers still expound front entrance, was reserved legislature, and the merchants’ C H A R L E S T O W N B R I D G E t
from their soapboxes here. for condemned prisoners exchange in the basement was WATER STREET
Walking toward the northwest to hear their last sermons where Boston’s Colonial B o s t o n
I n n e r
before going to the gallows shipping fortunes were made. H a r b o r
on Boston Common. The square in front of the Old
State House is the Boston
Heart of Old Boston Massacre Site 0, where British
1 2 Head back along soldiers opened fire on a
PARK STREET PEMB E R T ON SQUARE Congress Street and turn left NORTH
BOSTON Tremont Street and taunting mob in 1770, killing C O M M E R C I A L S T RE E T
COMMON BEACON ST turn down School five. Follow State Street down to
END
BURYING
its distinctive grasshopper
3 OLD GRANARY to reach Faneuil Hall q, with SNOWHILL STREET PLAYGROUND
GROUND
T R E M O N T S T
BURYNG
Park 4 T R E M O N T S T R E E T weathervane. Though built COPP'S HILL
Street Government Haymarket SHEAFE ST HULL STREET r GROUND
BROMFIELD STREET 6 SCHOOL STREET 5 COURT COURT STREET STREET SALEM ST PRINCE STREET SALEM ST e CHART ER STREET
Center
UNION STREET
SQUARE
7 9 State C O N G R E S S HANOVER ST NORTH BENNETT ST TILESTON ST A T L A N T I C A V E N U E
WASHINGTON ST
8 0 HANOVER STREET
DEVONSHIRE STREET STATE ST q N O RT H STREET NORTH ST w
M I L K STREET
corner of RICHMOND ST FLEET STREET NORTH STREET
the Common
provides a Street, where a hopscotch-like primarily as Boston’s first central
wonderful mosaic embedded in the side- marketplace, it was also known
Steeple of Park view of the walk marks the site of the First as “Cradle of Liberty.” The red
Street Church Massachusetts Public School 6, established in stripe of the Freedom Trail
State House 2 1635. At the bottom of the points the way to the North End
(see pp144–5), located on Beacon street is the former Old Corner and the Paul Revere House w.
Street. It was built as the new Bookstore 7, a landmark which This is Boston’s oldest house,
center of state governance is more associated with Boston’s home to the man known for his
after the Revolution. Along Park literary flowering than with the “midnight ride” (see p148).
Street, at the end of the Common, Revolution. To its south on
is Park Street Church 3 (see Washington Street is the Old The North End
p145), built in 1810 and a South Meeting House 8 (see Following the Freedom Trail
bulwark of the anti-slavery p146), a graceful, white-spired through the North End, allow
movement. Adjacent to it, the brick church, modeled on Sir time to try some of the Italian
Old Granary Burying Ground 4 Christopher Wren’s English cafés and bakeries along
is the final resting place of country churches. A few blocks Hanover Street. Cross through
patriots John Hancock and along, the Old State House 9 the Paul Revere Mall to reach
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