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Fifteen Beacon
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Elegant, luxurious, modernist 60 room hotel housed in a turn of the century ten story Beau Arts building. Situated atop historic Beacon Hill walking distance ... more details
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Walks Through Freedom
617-227-8800
All year round by reservation.
Walk Boston's Freedom Trail with The Freedom Trail Players as they re-tell the known and little known tales of the past, leading the way through city streets in full historical costume!
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Site of First Public School & Ben Franklin Statue
Freedom Trail stop featuring a statue of Ben Franklin and the site of the Boston Latin School (built in 1635), Franklin's alma mater.
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Black Heritage Trail
46 Joy Street
Boston, MA 02114
617-739-1200
A walking tour of the history of Boston's Black community between 1800-1900 on Beacon Hill. Includes: Meeting House, Smith CourtResidences, G. Middleton House, Robert Gould Shaw Memorial, Charles St. Meeting House, Abiel Smith School, Phillips School, home of John J Smith, Lewis & Harriet Hayden House, and Coburn's Gaming House. Historic walking maps available. All sites must be visited with an arranged tour except those hours noted at specific sites.
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Boston Irish Famine Memorial
50 Braintree Hill Office Park
Braintree, MA 02184
617-696-9880
The Boston Irish Famine Memorial was unveiled in June, 1998 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Irish Famine, an episode which sent over 100,000 Irish refugees to Boston. It is also a tribute to the memory of over one million Irish who died during the Irish Famine (1845-1849) and a remembrance of people still suffering famines in countries around the world.
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Women's Heritage Trail
617-522-2872
The Boston Common Visitor Information booth is the start of five guided walks through four centuries of Boston women. The Downtown Walk highlights the equal rights movement; the North End Walk explores the diversity of Boston culture; the Beacon Hill Walk reveals the stories of writers, artists and activists; the South Cove/Chinatown Walk celebrates women's action for economic and social justice; and the Back Bay Walk tells the tales of educators and social reformers. Follow the footsteps of remarkable Boston women.
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Park Street Church
Free, seasonal tours
(617) 523-3383
Best known for its location at "Brimstone Corner" (named for its use as a gunpowder storage area during the War of 1812) and as the setting of William Lloyd Garrison's first anti-slavery speech.
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Granary Burying Ground
The first of the three burying grounds along the Freedom Trail, Granary is notable as the final resting place of John Hancock, Samuel Adams and Paul Revere.
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Copp's Hill Burying Ground
The last Freedom trail site on the south side of the Charles River, Copp's Burying Ground is the final resting place of thousands of merchants, artisans and free blacks. Free. Please Note: The site is not wheelchair accessible.
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Boston Common
The nation's oldest public park, 40 acres were set aside for public use in 1634 (originally as a cow pasture and training ground. The Commons also has a longstanding tradition as a place where demonstrators can exercise their right to freedom of speech without the hassle of getting a permit. Free.
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New England Aquarium
Central Wharf
(617) 973 5200
Features over 7,000 fish, aquatic mammals and penguins, as well as a massive 200,000 gallon 'Giant Ocean Tank', surrounded by a four-story spiral ramp. The tank is home to a replica of a Caribbean coral reef, sea turtles, barracudas, stingrays, sharks and more. The New England Aquarium also offers whale-watching tours with indoor and outdoor seating, as well as seal and walrus shows.
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Beacon Hill Walking Tours
Visit the elegant Federal style Otis House and stroll around Beacon Hill. The walk offers views of the homes of early well-to-do merchants and modest dwellings on the North Slope where the working class resided.
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Old Corner Bookstore
Located on the corner of School and Washington Streets, The Old Corner Bookstore (now known as the Globe Corner Bookstore) is the former gathering place of legends like Longfellow, Emerson, Hawthorne and Thoreau. Once the literary center of Boston.
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Old South Meeting House
(617) 482-6439
Site of a great deal of discussion and debate leading up to the Boston Tea Party and other events connected to the American Revolution. Offers lectures and programs on American history and culture.
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King's Chapel and Burying Ground
(617) 227-2155
Famous for its architectural beauty, King's Chapel became the first Unitarian Church in the U.S. after the American Revolution. Donations accepted.
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Old North Church
(617) 523-6676
Boston's oldest church building, Old North is located in the city's Italian North End at 193 Salem Street and is still an active Episcopal church with Sunday services.
The church was made famous on April 18, 1775, when Robert Newman, the church's sexton, hung two lanterns in its steeple to warn that the British troops were arriving by sea, sending Paul Revere on his famous midnight ride to Lexington and Concord to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British were coming. Donations accepted.
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