Insiders' Guide Boston's Freedom Trail A Souvenir Guide

The 211/42-mile Freedom Trail offers a rare and wonderful opportunity to trace the path of American history. With this book as your companion, journey back in time as you follow the trail past the site of the Boston Massacre, the Bunker Hill Monument, and twenty-four other historic landmarks that embody pivotal events in the formation of our nation. Put on your walking shoes and visit: Faneuil Hall, where the citizens of Boston voted their "opposition to Tyrants and their Minions" Paul Revere's house, the only 17th-century wooden dwelling still standing in any major American city the Old South Meeting House, where Sam Adams's December 16, 1773, oration led to the Boston Tea Party the Old State House, the site of Boston's first public reading of the Declaration of Independence Each entry includes a brief description of the site's historical significance and architectural details, as well as information about admission fees, hours of operation, wheelchair accessibility, and Web sites.Frost, Jack is the author of 'Insiders' Guide Boston's Freedom Trail A Souvenir Guide', published 2006 under ISBN 9780762740628 and ISBN 0762740620.