Vacation Ideas - The Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts

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By Connie Limon

Along Freedom Trail there are three museum sites:

• Old South Meeting House
• Old State House
• Paul Revere House

These three museums have joined together with one discount ticket. For $11.00 for adults and $3.00 for children, you can visit the three museums on the Trail. The individual adult admission tickets to all these same museums regularly costs $13.00.

In addition, if your trip to Boston is in fewer than two weeks, you can buy your tickets once you reach town at either the Old South Meeting House or the Old State House.

Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, Massachusetts
617-482-6439

The Old State House
Corner of State and Washington Streets
Boston, Massachusetts
617-720-1713

For a group of 10 or more, you will need to contact each site for information on how to get a better deal and special service by making a group reservation. If you contact the sites you can also find out about all of their outstanding educational programs offered at group discounts. This is especially nice for student field trip planning.

The Freedom Trail is a 2 ½ mile walk through history. The trail is clearly marked by a red painted line or red bricks set into the sidewalk. The trail:

• Begins at Boston Common
• Meanders through Boston center
• Passes through the North End
• And crosses the Charles River to the USS Constitution and Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown

Throughout the journey you will see historic homes, monuments, museums, churches, burial grounds, and much more. There is nothing else quite like the Boston Freedom Trail anywhere else in the United States.

Brief Overview of some of the sites you will see on the Freedom Trail:

• The Boston Common sits in the center of the city of Boston. It is the oldest public park in America.
• Soldiers and Sailors Monument
• The Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill (one of Boston’s main landmarks)
• The Park Street Church built in 1809
• Granary Burying Ground: Boston’s third oldest burying place, first used in 1660. The cemetery is the final resting place of many famous people.
• King’s Chapel
• King’s Chapel Burying Ground
• Benjamin Franklin Statue/Boston Latin School
• Old Corner Bookstore
• Old South Meeting House
• Site of the Boston Massacre
• Faneuil Hall
• Paul Revere House
• The Old North Church
• Copp’s Hill Burying Ground
• USS Constitution - “Old Ironsides” & USS
• Constitution Museum
• Bunker Hill Monument

For more information about the Freedom Trail, visit them online, where you will also find many addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses for contact.

Source: Freedom Trail Online

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Written by: Connie Limon. For more vacation ideas visit http://smalldogs2.com/VacationIdeas for a variety of FREE reprint articles and special topic articles rarely found elsewhere visit Camelot Articles at http://www.camelotarticles.com

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