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Boston: Freedom Trail to Harvard
Winthrop, Massachusetts, US · 8 stops · 13.1 mi (21 km) · about 44 min driving · 18 spoken stories
For history buffs and sightseers, this drive from Logan Airport through downtown Boston and Cambridge hits the Revolution's key sites—Old Ironsides, Bunker Hill, and Faneuil Hall—before climbing Beacon Hill and finishing at Harvard Yard. About 44 minutes, 13 miles.
Photo: (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Matthew R. Fairchild/Released) 140704-N-OG138-866, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
From Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) to Harvard Square, Cambridge
The stops
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1
Charlestown Navy Yard & USS Constitution
USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the second oldest naval vessel still in commission, and the oldest still afloat.
“Here she is, USS Constitution, the ship everyone calls Old Ironsides.”
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Bunker Hill Monument
The Bunker Hill Monument is a war memorial on Breed's Hill in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It commemorates the Battle of Bunker Hill, a major American Revolutionary War battle that took place there on June 17, 1775.
“That granite obelisk ahead rises two hundred twenty one feet over Monument Square, and it marks the Battle of Bunker Hill, fought on the seventeenth of June, seventeen seventy five, in the first major clash of the Revolutionary War.”
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Old North Church
Old North Church is an Episcopal church on Salem Street in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The church, built in 1723, is the oldest standing church in the city.
“Old North Church on Salem Street is the oldest standing church in Boston, built in seventeen twenty three, and it is the one you already know by heart.”
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Faneuil Hall & Quincy Market
lunchFaneuil Hall is a historic building in Downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Opened in 1742, the building was designed by artist John Smibert as a marketplace and meeting hall.
“Faneuil Hall opened in seventeen forty two, designed by the artist John Smibert as both a marketplace and a meeting hall, and that double life is the whole story.”
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Old State House
The Old State House is a historic building at 206 Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Completed in 1713, it is the city's oldest extant public building, hosting the judicial, legislative, and executive branches of the Massachusetts provincial and state governments during the 18th century.
“The little brick building wedged among the towers at two hundred six Washington Street is the Old State House, finished in seventeen thirteen and the oldest surviving public building in Boston.”
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Massachusetts State House
The Massachusetts State House, also known as the Massachusetts Statehouse or the New State House, is the state capitol and seat of government for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, located in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston.
“That gold dome crowning Beacon Hill is the Massachusetts State House, the capitol and seat of government for the Commonwealth.”
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Acorn Street & Louisburg Square
Beacon Hill is a historic neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is also the location of the Massachusetts State House. The term "Beacon Hill" is used locally as a metonym to refer to the state government or the General Court itself, much like Washington, D.C.'s Capitol Hill does at the federal level.
“Welcome to the most photographed lane in Boston.”
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Harvard Yard
Harvard Yard is the oldest and among the most prominent parts of the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The yard has a historic center and modern crossroads and contains most of the freshman dormitories, Harvard's most important libraries, Memorial Church, several classroom and departmental build…
“Harvard Yard is twenty five acres of pastoral green and the oldest, most symbolic part of the campus.”
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