Bringing Hisory o Life! 2018 Official Brochure Old Corner Booksore - Celebraing 300 Years Publicaion produced by he: Freedom Trail Foundaion 617-357-8300 TheFreedomTrail.org and William Francis Galvin Secreary of he Commonwealh
Walk he Freedom Trail hrough hisory! Experience more han 250 years of hisory along he Freedom Trail Boson s iconic 2.5 mile red line leading o 16 naionally significan hisoric sies, each one an auhenic reasure. The Freedom Trail is a unique collecion of museums, churches, meeing houses, burying grounds, parks, a ship, and hisoric markers ha ell he sory of he American Revoluion and beyond. Learn abou he people who lived here, heir courage, and wha hey risked sriving for vicory and freedom. Walk Ino Hisory on he Freedom Trail wih 18 h -cenury cosumed Freedom Trail Players, a Hear Hisory: Audio Guide, or a your own pace. ep INSIDE he places where he American Revoluion was launched, from pews and pulpis, privae homes and public offices, wih fiery speeches and midnigh rides all in a vibran, sophisicaed, and modern ciy. The Freedom Trail is Boson s indoor/oudoor hisory experience. For more informaion abou Freedom Trail sies, ours, and evens, or o make a donaion, visi he Freedom Trail Foundaion websie a TheFreedomTrail.org or call 617-357-8300. Welcome o he Commonwealh of Massachuses William Francis Galvin, Secreary of he Commonwealh We hope you leave pleny of ime o explore our hisory especially on foo as you ravel he Freedom Trail from he magnificen Massachuses ae House o he Bunker Hill Monumen. There s a proud sory in every sep. Designed by he Office of he Secreary of he Commonwealh and he Freedom Trail Foundaion in parnership wih he 16 Freedom Trail sies. Cover Image: Old Corner Booksore, ca. 1898 Phoo Credi: Boson Picorial Archive Collecion, Boson Public Library For Old Corner Booksore informaion, please see pages 4 & 24 The Freedom Trail is a regisered rademark and canno be used wihou permission.
On behalf of he Commonwealh of Massachuses, Karyn and I send warm greeings as you embark on he hisoric Freedom Trail. Massachuses is rich wih hisory and no oher organizaion celebraes he Commonwealh s pas quie like he Freedom Trail and he Freedom Trail Foundaion. Since is esablishmen in 1951, he Freedom Trail has helped o preserve 16 hisorically significan sies ha arac millions and millions of people o he Bay ae o rerace he seps of he brave men and women who shaped our naion. These wo and a half miles of red brick are a hisorical reasure showcasing Boson s pivoal role in esablishing our independence. We hope ha you have fun learning abou Massachuses hisory and enjoy he Trail. Charlie Baker, Governor of Massachuses Karyn Polio, Lieuenan Governor of Massachuses On behalf of he Ciy of Boson, welcome o our grea ciy and he Freedom Trail. We invie you o explore over 250 years of hisory along Boson s iconic red brick rail and visi is 16 official hisoric sies. The Freedom Trail connecs residens and visiors from every comer of he world o Boson s rich culural heriage and imporan role in he founding of our naion. Revoluionary ideals are sill srong in Boson as we coninue o invie people o our shores and encourage revoluionary ideas and indusry. The Freedom Trail Foundaion works wih he Ciy of Boson and Freedom Trail sies o help ensure he 16 naionally significan hisoric sies along our soried rail are preserved and mainained for fuure generaions. We applaud he foundaion s ireless commimen and service o he ciy. Please enjoy your journey hrough Boson following he Freedom Trail and learning abou our hisoric fighs for freedom. Marin J. Walsh, Mayor of Boson
Conens Freedom Trail Sies... 1-9 Boson Common... 1 Massachuses ae House... 1 Park ree Church... 2 Granary Burying Ground... 2 King s Chapel & King s Chapel Burying Ground... 3 Boson Lain School Sie/Benjamin Franklin aue... 3 Old Corner Booksore... 4 Old Souh Meeing House... 4 Old ae House... 5 Boson Massacre Sie... 5 Faneuil Hall... 6 Paul Revere House... 6 Old Norh Church... 7 Copp s Hill Burying Ground... 7 USS Consiuion Old Ironsides & USS Consiuion Museum... 8 Bunker Hill Monumen... 9 Ongoing Tours & Programs... 10-11 Hoel Packages 2018... 12-13 Freedom Trail Map... 14-15 Evens & Aciviies... 16-19 Walking Tours...20 Along he Trail...21 eps Off he Trail...22 News & Technology!...24 Access Informaion...26 Freedom Trail Scholars Program...29 Public Resrooms...30 The Preservaion Fund helps o suppor preservaion, rehabiliaion, and resoraion for official Freedom Trail sies. These projecs help avoid, minimize, or miigae adverse effecs of he elemens and man-made wear and ear on Boson s precious 17 h -, 18 h -, and 19 h -cenury sies. Esablished in 2009, he Freedom Trail Foundaion s Preservaion Fund issues grans which benefi Freedom Trail sies and whose expeced oucomes fulfill is mission. Freedom Trail Foundaion @TheFreedomTrail @TheFreedomTrail #FreedomTrail
Freedom Trail Sies Open Year-Round (please see descripions for hours of operaion, daes and imes are subjec o change). Please see page 10 11 for sies ongoing ours and programs. Boson Common America s oldes public park, he Boson Common, began as a common grazing ground for sheep and cale. Eccenric Anglican William Blacksone seled on Beacon Hill wih only his books for company in 1622. In 1630, Purians from Charlesown joined him o share he area s poable springs, bu by 1635 Blacksone brisled a he increased populaion, sold his propery o he ownspeople of Boson, and moved o roomy Rhode Island o saisfy his reclusive naure. Each household was assessed six shillings for he purchase of he 44 acres of open land; i was held in common by he people and used as a pasure. The Common laer became a rayning field for he miliia and was uilized as a Briish Army camp during he occupaion of Boson. The Common s varied uses also included a place o hang piraes and wiches and publicly pillory criminals. I has also served a higher purpose as a place for public oraory and discourse Reverend Marin Luher King, Jr. spoke here, Pope John Paul II said Mass here, and Gloria einem advanced he feminis revoluion on hese grounds. Today, visiors o he Common may enjoy a concer, a performance of Shakespeare, or a simple, calm respie from he busle of ciy life. Boson Common Visior Informaion Cener 139 Tremon ree Mondays Fridays, 8:30 am 5:00 pm; Saurdays Sundays, 9:00 am 5:00 pm Closed: Thanksgiving, Chrismas, New Year s Day 1-888-SEEBOON BosonUSA.com Massachuses ae House Designed by Charles Bulfinch, he new ae House was compleed on January 11, 1798. Is golden dome was once made of wood, and laer overlaid wih copper by Paul Revere. I was covered wih 23-kara gold leaf for he firs ime in 1874. The land for he ae House was originally used as John Hancock s cow pasure. Today, he ae House is one of he oldes buildings on Beacon Hill, and is grounds cover 6.7 acres of land. I is under he golden dome ha senaors, sae represenaives, and he governor conduc he daily business of he Commonwealh. Massachuses ae House Beacon ree Office of William F. Galvin, Secreary of he Commonwealh, ae House Tours Division Mondays Fridays, 9:00 am 5:00 pm Closed on weekends and holidays 617-727-3676 sec.sae.ma.us/rs 1
Park ree Church The 217-foo seeple of his church was once he firs landmark ravelers saw when approaching Boson. Is lofy archiecure, designed by Peer Banner, reflecs an even lofier mission of human righs and social jusice. Prison reform began in his church, women s suffrage was srongly suppored here, and some of he firs and mos impassioned proess agains slavery were delivered inside hese hallowed walls. This church was founded in 1809. The sie of Park ree Church is known as Brimsone Corner, perhaps because he church building once housed brimsone (a componen of gun power) in is basemen during he War of 1812. Or maybe i s because old-school minisers delivered many a hell-fire and brimsone sermon here. America (My Counry Tis of Thee), by Samuel Francis Smih, was firs sung a Park ree Church on July 4, 1831. Many imporan organizaions were founded here, including he Boson Branch of he Naional Associaion for he Advancemen of Colored People, Animal Rescue League of Boson, Handel and Haydn Sociey, and Naional Associaion of Evangelicals. Park ree Church Corner of Park and Tremon rees Lae June Augus, Tuesdays Saurdays, 9:30 am 3:00 pm Worship services: Sundays, 8:30 am, 11:00 am, 4:00 pm Closed: Wedding ceremonies 617-523-3383 parksree.org Granary Burying Ground Some of America s mos noable ciizens res here. An elaboraely embellished obelisk marks he sie of John Hancock s omb. Benjamin Franklin s parens, along wih Revoluionary heroes such as Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, James Ois, all five of he Boson Massacre vicims, and Peer Faneuil are also buried here. There is a discrepancy beween he number of headsones and people buried in he Granary. Alhough here are only 2,345 markers, i is esimaed ha a leas 5,000 people are buried here. Over 400 children have been buried in he Infan s Tomb. Since headsones were expensive i was common o pu several members of one family under one headsone wih one name on i. There may be several possible explanaions why groundskeepers arranged he sones in nea rows: o faciliae mainenance, shape he grounds more ino a mold of he new rendy garden-syle cemeery, or encourage people o sroll in he sie insead of having sheep grazing on he unorganized, old-looking burying ground. Granary Burying Ground Tremon ree Daily, 10:00 am 5:00 pm 617-635-4505 boson.gov/parks 2
King s Chapel & Burying Ground Founded in 1686 as New England s firs Anglican church, King s Chapel offers over 330 years of hisory o experience! Exhibis and programs explore he roles of olerance, religion, and jusice in American hisory. The 1754 sone chapel, designed by archiec Peer Harrison, sands on he same sie as he original 1688 building. The inerior is considered he fines example of Georgian archiecure in Norh America. The church houses he oldes coninuously used American pulpi, insalled over 200 years ago! The belfry holds an 1816 Paul Revere bell ha sill rings oday o summon people o worship. On Evacuaion Day in 1776, he miniser and Loyalis church members of he congregaion fled norh o Canada. The remaining Pario congregaion briefly changed he church s name o he one Chapel, and opened is doors o hold Pario leader Dr. Joseph Warren s funeral in April 1776. In he 1770s, Old Souh Meeing House worshiped in he sone chapel while hey recovered heir building from damage caused by Briish roops. Afer he Revoluion, King s Chapel became America s firs Uniarian Chrisian church in 1785 under he minisry of James Freeman. Using he 9h ediion of a Uniarian prayer book revised under Freeman, King s Chapel remains an acive house of worship oday. King s Chapel Corner of Tremon and School rees Worship services: Sundays, 11:00 am; Wednesdays, 6:00 pm April Ocober, Daily, 10:00 am 5:00 pm; November March, Selec days, 10:00 am 4:00 pm 617-227-2155 kings-chapel.org/hisory--ours King s Chapel Burying Ground was he only burying place for nearly 30 years in Boson proper. John Winhrop, Massachuses firs governor, and Mary Chilon, he firs woman o sep off he Mayflower, are buried here. Joseph Tapping s sone in he fron of he burying ground (skeleon and Faher Time baling over he evenualiy of deah) may be Boson s mos beauiful headsone! King s Chapel Burying Ground Tremon ree Daily, 10:00 am 5:00 pm 617-635-4505 boson.gov/parks Boson Lain School Sie / Benjamin Franklin aue America s firs public school offered insrucion o boys rich or poor free of charge; girls were limied o wha hey were augh a home. The boys-only radiion finally ended in 1972 when girls were permied o aend Boson Lain. I is fabled ha on April 19, 1775, word of shos fired in Lexingon circulaed rapidly hroughou Boson wih, Close your books. School s done, and war s begun! A mosaic marks he spo where he school once sood, and where one of is mos famous sudens, Benjamin Franklin, aended classes no long before he dropped ou of school. Boson Lain School is sill in operaion in he Fenway neighborhood of Boson. Benjamin Franklin aue/boson Lain School School ree 617-635-3911 boson.gov 3
Old Corner Booksore Celebraing 300 years, he Old Corner Booksore was buil in 1718 as an apohecary shop and home. The gambrel-roofed building a he corner of School and Washingon rees was he cener of American book publishing in he mid-1800s when Boson was he counry s lierary mecca. From his place, publishers Ticknor and Fields inroduced he world o Henry David Thoreau, Louisa May Alco, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Mark Twain wih grea books like Walden, Lile Women, and he magazine The Alanic Monhly. Several booksores operaed from he firs floor over he 19 h and 20 h cenuries. Saved from demoliion in 1960 by Hisoric Boson Inc., he Old Corner Booksore is Boson s oldes commercial building. Old Corner Booksore 3 School ree 617-442-1859 hisoricboson.org Old Souh Meeing House No ax on ea! This was he decision on December 16, 1773, when 5,000 angry coloniss gahered a he Old Souh Meeing House o proes a ax and sared a revoluion wih he Boson Tea Pary. Buil in 1729 as a Purian house of worship, he Old Souh Meeing House was he larges building in colonial Boson. From ouraged proess over he Boson Massacre o he nigh when Samuel Adams gave he secre signal o hrow 340 craes of ea ino Boson Harbor, coloniss assembled a he meeing house o challenge Briish rule. Old Souh Meeing House was also he spiriual home of formerly enslaved poe Phillis Whealey, one of he firs African-Americans o publish a book. Slaed for demoliion in 1876, he meeing house narrowly escaped he wrecking ball by he heroic effors of Boson ciizens o preserve such an imporan piece of he naion s hisory. Old Souh Meeing House coninues o uphold is mission as an acive meeing place for he free exchange of ideas by hosing lecures and public forums, along wih educaional hisory programs for aduls, eachers, and sudens. Old Souh Meeing House A Museum and Naional Hisoric Sie 310 Washingon ree November March, Daily, 10:00 am 4:00 pm; April Ocober, Daily 9:30 am 5:00 pm Closed: Thanksgiving, Chrismas Eve, Chrismas, New Year s Day 617-482-6439 osmh.org 4
Old ae House Buil in 1713, he Old ae House was he sea of Briish colonial power in he Massachuses Bay Colony. The royal Governor and his advisers me in he Council Chamber and served as direc represenaives of he King s rule. In he years prior o he Revoluion, he Old ae House was he cener for passionae debae, as Boson parios including Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and James Ois, Jr. fomened he spiri of rebellion and developed he revoluionary idea of self-governmen. Then and here, John Adams once declared, he child Independence was born. In 1770, direcly ouside he Old ae House, soldiers opened fire on a crowd of unarmed proesers, in he inciden known as he Boson Massacre, immoralized in Paul Revere s incendiary engraving. When he people of Boson firs heard he Declaraion of Independence read from he Old ae House balcony in July of 1776, hey ore down he lion and unicorn saues - symbols of royal auhoriy - in defiance of he King. Today he Old ae House has been resored o is colonial appearance, and is mainained by he Bosonian Sociey as a museum where visiors experience Boson s Revoluionary pas. Old ae House Boson s Revoluionary Museum 206 Washingon ree Daily, 9:00 am 5:00 pm; Memorial Day Labor Day, 9:00 am 6:00 pm Closed: Thanksgiving, Chrismas, New Year s Day, February 4 8, 2019 617-720-1713 bosonhisory.org Boson Massacre Sie On March 5, 1770, a his sie, a deadly skirmish eruped beween nine Briish redcoas and a large crowd of Boson residens. Angry over he own s occupaion by Briish forces, local oughs hrew snowballs, rocks, and hard words a a lone senry ouside he nearby Cusom House. The senry was reinforced, he crowd became a mob, and he soldiers opened fire, faally wounding five Bosonians. Wha Briish officials called he Unhappy Disurbance a Boson, Paul Revere labeled a bloody massacre. His widely circulaed illusraion of he even was a model of propaganda and did much o sir up ani-briish senimen in he colonies. The Briish soldiers were ried for murder and were defended by John Adams, a young Boson lawyer who was as loyal o he idea of jusice as he was o he Pario cause. Boson Massacre Sie Corner of ae and Congress rees 617-635-3911 boson.gov 5
Ofen referred o as he home of free speech and he Cradle of Libery, Faneuil Hall was one of America s firs public meeing venues. Buil by wealhy merchan Peer Faneuil in 1741, his imposing srucure is he place where he ciizens of Boson proclaimed heir dissen agains Royal oppression. Faneuil Hall has served as an open forum meeing hall and markeplace for more han 270 years and has coninued o provide a plaform for debae on he mos consequenial issues of he day. The firs floor served as a markeplace for he local ownspeople o sell heir goods. Today, Boson Naional Hisorical Park operaes he Faneuil Hall Visior Cener and he Ciy of Boson holds nauralizaion ceremonies in he Grea Hall on he second floor. Explore he Grea Hall where Bosonians proesed he axaion policies of he Briish Empire and se he docrine of no axaion wihou represenaion hrough alks and living hisory programs where visiors join in he debae. Faneuil Hall Boson Naional Hisorical Park Inerior closed - under reconsrucion hrough early May 2018 Daily, 9:00 am 6:00 pm Closed: Thanksgiving, Chrismas, New Year s Day Group ours 617-242-5689 617-242-5642 nps.gov/bos boson.gov Paul Revere House Faneuil Hall Buil around 1680, he Paul Revere House is he oldes remaining srucure in downown Boson and is he only official Freedom Trail hisoric sie ha is a home. Paul Revere purchased his former merchan s dwelling in 1770, when he was 35 years old. He and his family lived here when Revere made his famous messenger ride on he nigh of April 18 19, 1775. For mos of he 19 h -cenury, he home served as a rooming house and enemen for some of he housands of Irish, Jewish, and Ialian immigrans who lived in he Norh End. Resored in he early 20 h - cenury and opened o he public in April 1908, he Paul Revere House oday serves as a museum and hisoric sie where visiors can learn abou Paul Revere s life and imes, and experience wha home life was like in 17 h - and 18 h - cenury Boson. Paul Revere House 19 Norh Square April 15 Ocober 31, Daily, 9:30 am 5:15 pm; November 1 April 14, Daily, 9:30 am 4:15 pm Closed: Mondays during January March, Thanksgiving, Chrismas, New Year s Day 617-523-2338 paulreverehouse.org 6
Old Norh Church Buil in 1723, he Old Norh Church is Boson s oldes church building. Old Norh s fame began on he nigh of April 18, 1775, when wo signal lanerns were hung in he Old Norh Church seeple o aler Parios ouside of Boson ha he Briish were marching o Lexingon and Concord by river and no land, launching he American Revoluion. Old Norh was furher immoralized in Henry Wadsworh Longfellow s poem, Paul Revere s Ride. Today, Old Norh Church & Hisoric Sie encompasses he famous 18 h -cenury church, he Clough House (one of he oldes brick buildings in Boson) buil ca. 1712-1715, five gardens and he Old Norh gif shop, formally a. Francis chapel, buil in 1918. Explore and hear he sory behind Paul Revere s ride, learn abou pas congregans and box pews, as well as ake a our o he bell ringing chamber and church cryp. The Clough House invies visiors o experience colonial chocolae demonsraions a Capain Jackson s Hisoric Chocolae Shop and discover Parios Corner where exhibis share he many sories of Old Norh. Old Norh Church & Hisoric Sie 193 Salem ree November 16 March 31, Daily, 10:00 am 4:00 pm April 1 November 15, Daily, 9:00 am 6:00 pm Worship services: Sundays, 9:00 am & 11:00 am Closed: Thanksgiving, Chrismas 617-523-6676 oldnorh.com Clough House 21 Uniy ree April, Thursdays Mondays, 10:00 am 4:00 pm May November 15, Daily, 9:00 am 6:00 pm November 15 March 31, Daily, 10:00 am 4:00 pm 617-523-4848 chocolae.oldnorh.com Copp s Hill Burying Ground Copp s Hill Burying Ground is he final resing place of merchans, arisans, and crafspeople who lived in he Norh End. Some noables buried in Copp s Hill are fire and brimsone preachers Coon and Increase Maher, Old Norh Church sexon Rober Newman - he man who hung he lanerns on he nigh of Paul Revere s ride, and counless free African- Americans buried in a poer s field on he Charer ree side of he sie. Because of is heigh and panoramic visas, he Briish used his vanage poin o rain heir cannons on Charlesown during he Bale of Bunker Hill. The epiaph on Capain Daniel Malcolm s ombsone a Copp s Hill is riddled wih he marks of vengeful Briish bulles. Copp s Hill Burying Ground Hull ree Daily, 10:00 am 5:00 pm 617-635-4505 boson.gov/parks 7
USS Consiuion Old Ironsides Launched in Boson in 1797, America s Ship of ae earned her nickname Old Ironsides during he War of 1812 when she fough he Briish frigae HMS Guerriere. During his hisoric bale, cannonballs fired a Consiuion appeared o bounce off, causing a Briish sailor o remark ha her sides were made of iron. In fac, he hull of Consiuion is consruced of a hree-layer wooden sandwich comprised of live oak and whie oak. Today, 221 years laer, she is sill a commissioned Unied aes Navy warship wih a crew of naval officers and enlised personnel, and is open o he public for on-board visis. USS Consiuion Charlesown Navy Yard November March, Wednesdays Sundays, 10:00 am 4:00 pm; April, Wednesdays Sundays, 10:00 am 6:00 pm; May Ocober, Daily (closed Mondays), 10:00 am 6:00 pm; Saluing baery firing: Daily, 8:00 am & Sunse (observed from Charlesown Navy Yard) Guess ages 18+ mus have a federal or sae-issued phoo I.D. or passpor o board ship Open: Presidens Day, Parios Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veerans Day Closed: Marin Luher King, Jr. Day, Thanksgiving, Chrismas, New Year s Day 617-242-7511 navy.mil/local/consiuion USS Consiuion Museum serves as he memory and educaional voice of USS Consiuion by collecing, preserving, and inerpreing he sories of Old Ironsides and hose associaed wih her. This award-winning, no-forprofi educaional insiuion welcomes over 500,000 visiors each year and charges no admission fee. The museum provides an ineracive, hands-on environmen wih innovaive exhibis ha le visiors of all ages explore he legacy of USS Consiuion, America s Ship of ae. I is perfec for families and school groups seeking an enjoyable, educaional experience where hey can have fun while learning and exploring ogeher. udens will have he opporuniy o ake he helm and wonder, Wha would I do if I were in command? All will engage in conversaions abou hisory, science, echnology, and democracy. USS Consiuion Museum Charlesown Navy Yard April 1 Ocober 31, 9:00 am 6:00 pm; November 1 March 31, 10:00 am 5:00 pm Closed: Thanksgiving, Chrismas, New Year s Day Admission by donaion 617-426-1812 ussconsiuionmuseum.org 8
Bunker Hill Monumen Don fire unil you see he whies of heir eyes! This legendary order, believed o have been uered a he bale, has come o immoralize he deerminaion of he ill-equipped Coloniss facing he powerful Briish Army during he famous bale fough on his sie on June 17, 1775. The Bale of Bunker Hill marks one of he firs imes Colonial forces held heir own agains he Briish army. Today a 221-foo granie obelisk denoes he sie of he firs major bale of he American Revoluion. Locaed across he sree, he Bunker Hill Museum s exhibis and dioramas ell he sories of he bale and he monumen. Bunker Hill Monumen & Museum 43 Monumen Square, Charlesown January 2 May 4, Daily, 10:00 am 5:00 pm; May 5 June 23, Daily, 9:30 am 5:00 pm; June 24 Sepember 29, Daily, 10:00 am 6:00 pm; Sepember 29 December 1, Daily, 10:00 am 5:00 pm Las Monumen climb: 4:30 pm Closed: Thanksgiving, Chrismas, New Year s Day Group ours: 617-242-5689 or bos_rsvp@nps.gov 617-242-7275 nps.gov/bos 10 CITY SQUARE, CHARLEOWN ON THE FREEDOM TRAIL 617.712.1988 LEGALSEAFOODS.COM 9
Ongoing Tours & Programs Daily ours and programs unless noed oherwise. All ours and programs are available for groups. * Indicaes official Freedom Trail hisoric sie. Freedom Trail Foundaion Walking ours of he Freedom Trail wih 18 h -cenury cosumed guides for individuals, groups, and schools. Tickes available a various locaions and online. Times and deparure locaions vary (see page 20). 617-357-8300 TheFreedomTrail.org Ancien & Honorable Arillery Co. Museum & Armory Celebraing over 380 years! Exhibis, ours & programming Mondays Fridays, 9am 3pm Faneuil Hall (4h Floor), Boson 617-227-1638 ahac.us.com Commonwealh Museum Ineracive exhibis & programming Memorial Day Labor Day, Daily Sepember May, Mondays Fridays Mondays Fridays, 9am 5pm Saurdays Sundays, 9am 3pm 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Dorcheser 617-727-9268 commonwealhmuseum.org King s Chapel* Guided ours, exhibis, family aciviies, evens, and concers. Bells & Bones Tours: Daily, hourly Concers: Tuesdays, 12:15pm; Selec Sundays, 5pm 617-227-2155 kings-chapel.org Massachuses Hisorical Sociey Seminars & lecures: Times vary 1154 Boylson ree, Boson 617-536-1608 masshis.org Massachuses ae House* Celebraing over 150 years! Mondays Fridays, 9am 5pm Tours: Mondays Fridays, 10am 3:30pm Civil War Tours: Fridays, 12noon Please call in advance o schedule a our 617-727-3676 sec.sae.ma.us/rs Museum of African American Hisory African Meeing House & Abiel Smih School Exhibis, alks, ours & programs Mondays Saurdays, 10am 4pm Visi websie for summer hours, seasonal Black Heriage Trail ours, group reservaions & more 46 Joy ree, Boson 617-725-0022 maah.org Old Norh Church* Behind-he-Scenes & Religion in he Colonies Tours (30 min.) May December, Times vary Experience Ar & Archiecure Tours (1 hour) By reservaion, Times vary 617-523-6676 oldnorh.com Old Souh Meeing House* Exhibis, evens, & hree levels of scavenger huns offered daily April Ocober, 9:30am 5pm; November March, 10am 4pm 617-482-6439 osmh.org Old ae House* Self-guided exhibis, ours & programs Old ae House Hisory Tours (on he hour) & Boson Massacre Tours (on he ½ hour) Revoluionary Characers LIVE! Daily, May Ocober 617-720-1713 bosonhisory.org Paul Revere House* Self-guided ours & special evens Groups by reservaion 617-523-2338 paulreverehouse.org USS Cassin Young Naional Park Service Open daily for on-board main deck visis Memorial Day Veerans Day, 10am 4pm Charlesown Navy Yard 617-242-5601 nps.gov/bos USS Consiuion* Open for on-board visis & presenaions November March, Wednesdays Sundays, 10am 4pm (every 30 minues); April, Wednesdays Sundays, 10am 6pm (every 15 minues); May Ocober, Daily (closed Mondays), 10am 6pm; Saluing baery firing: Daily, 8am & Sunse 617-242-7511 navy.mil/local/consiuion USS Consiuion Museum Old Ironsides 1812 Discovery Cener All Hands on Deck: A Sailor s Life for Me! Fores o Frigae Daily gallery programs April 1 Ocober 31, 9am 6pm; November 1 March 31, 10am 5pm Admission by donaion 617-426-1812 ussconsiuionmuseum.org 10
Naional Park Service Boson Naional Hisorical Park Faneuil Hall* Visior Cener Ranger-led Freedom Trail walking ours (60 min.) Free Daily summer schedule, call or visi websie. Cradle of Libery: Grea Hall Talks (15 min.) Free Daily, 9:30am 4:30pm (on he ½ hour) Closed: Selec days for Ciy evens Group ours: 617-242-5689 617-242-5642 go.nps.gov/odayinboson Ranger-led Black Heriage Trail Tours Depars: Shaw Memorial Daily summer schedule, call or visi websie. 617-742-5415 nps.gov/boaf his is downown boson. Charlesown Navy Yard Visior Cener Exhibis, orienaion film & informaion Summer, Daily, 9am 6pm; Winer, Wednesdays Sundays, 10am 5pm Friday Evening Tours June 15 Sepember 14, 6:30pm 617-242-5601 nps.gov/bos Bunker Hill Monumen* & Museum Decisive Day Talks (15-20 min.) Daily (on he hour) Men, Muskes and Libery Talks (30 min.) Summer, Fridays Saurdays, 11:30am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm & 3:30pm Group ours: 617-242-5689 617-242-7275 nps.gov/bos #DownownBoson 11
Hoel Packages 2018 Creae Your Own Freedom Trail Geaway Boson s official Freedom Trail hoel parners offer he perfec mix of aciviies for families, couples, business ravelers, and hisory buffs. Wheher raveling from near or far, visiors are invied o creae heir own special Freedom Trail geaway a parner hoels, immersing hemselves in America s rich hisory and enjoying everyhing in Boson America s Walking Ciy. AC Hoel Boson Downown 225 Albany., Boson 02118 844-378-8571 Walk he iconic Freedom Trail from he Boson Common o he Bale of Bunker Hill. Freedom Trail is a unique collecion of museums, churches, meeing houses, burying grounds, parks, a ship, and hisoric markers ha ell he sory of he American Revoluion and beyond. ar your advenure Freedom Trail package wih an overnigh say in deluxe accommodaions in he new vibran Ink Block secion of Boson, breakfas for wo in our AC Kichen, and wo ickes o he Walk Ino Hisory Tour wih an 18 h - cenury cosumed Freedom Trail Player. Rae: ars a $249 www.marrio.com/hoels/hoel-deals/ boscd-ac-hoel-boson-downown/ Baery Wharf Hoel Three Baery Wharf, Boson 02109 877-794-6218 Conneced by a 2.5 mile red line, he Freedom Trail no only links one hisoric sie o anoher, bu he pas o he presen. Baery Wharf Hoel is a conemporary rerea, perfecly posiioned in Boson s very firs neighborhood, he Norh End, jus seps from some of he Freedom Trail s mos imporan sies. Wih our Freedom Trail Package, you ll enjoy luxurious overnigh accommodaions, wo adul ickes o he Norh End Tour wih an 18 h -cenury cosumed Freedom Trail Player, and complimenary breakfas for children! Raes: ar a $249 www.baerywharfhoelboson.com/special-offers Boson Harbor Hoel 70 Rowes Wharf, Boson 02110 617-439-7000 Hear exciing ales of piraes and parios from an 18 h -cenury cosumed guide while winding hrough Boson s hisoric srees, famed waerfron, and harbor. Enjoy fables, myhs, and myseries as you learn abou some of he mos famous and infamous characers of heir day. This package includes overnigh accommodaions, breakfas for four, Piraes & Parios Tour or Walk Ino Hisory Tour ickes for wo aduls and wo children, and cookies and milk for he children delivered o your guesroom. Rae: ars a $425 www.bhh.com/packages.hm Boson Marrio Long Wharf 296 ae., Boson 02109 617-227-0800 Locaed on Boson s waerfron and one block from Faneuil Hall, he Boson Marrio Long Wharf s hoel package includes overnigh accommodaions, breakfas for wo aduls and wo children, and a Walk Ino Hisory Tour of he Freedom Trail for wo aduls and wo children wih an 18 h -cenury cosumed Freedom Trail Player. Rae: $299-$699 Reservaion code: ARN www.marriolongwharf.com Boson Park Plaza 50 Park Plaza, Boson 02116 617-426-2000 In Boson, hisory is found around every corner, and he Freedom Trail brings hisory o life while linking he pas wih he presen. Feauring 16 hisoric sies along he iconic 2.5 mile red brick line, he sies on he Freedom Trail are no recreaions each one from Boson Common o he ae House and Old Norh Church o Bunker Hill connecs oday s ravelers o he spiri of Boson s early parios. Celebrae he ciy s rich hisory and enjoy our Freedom Trail Package, which includes an overnigh say in a newly renovaed Superior Queen Guesroom and wo ickes for a Walk Ino Hisory Tour. Rae: ars a $269 www.bosonparkplaza.com/hoel-deals Boson Omni Parker House Hoel 60 School., Boson 02108 617-227-8600 Experience he hisoric charm of America s longes coninuously-operaing hoel locaed direcly on he Freedom Trail! Enjoy luxurious accommodaions, breakfas, passes o he Walk Ino Hisory Tour of he Freedom Trail wih an 18 h -cenury cosumed Freedom Trail Player, one copy of he new Freedom Trail Guide, and one copy of A Kids Guide o he Freedom Trail for every child. Rae: Varies Reservaion code: FREEWD www.omnihoels.com/hoels/boson-parker-house/specials/freedom-rail Fairmon Copley Plaza 138. James Ave., Boson 02116 617-267-5300 The Freedom Trail Discovery Package includes a one nigh say in an elegan guesroom, wo passes o he Walk Ino Hisory Tour wih an 18 h -cenury cosumed Freedom Trail Player, wo ickes o he hree Freedom Trail hisoric museums (Old Souh Meeing House, Old ae House, and Paul Revere House), and a copy of The Freedom Trail: An Aris s View. Fairmon Copley Plaza also offers guess he unique experience of a Freedom Trail Suie. Developed by hisorians and archiviss, his suie is a minimuseum ha celebraes Boson s colonial heriage. Guess may upgrade o he Freedom Trail Suie for an addiional charge of $300 per nigh. Rae: ars a $359 www.fairmon.com/copley-plaza-boson/ special-offers/hoel-offers/discovery/boson-freedom-rail-package/ 12
The Langham, Boson 250 Franklin., Boson 02110 617-451-1900 eps from he Freedom Trail, The Langham, Boson Freedom Trail package includes an overnigh say in luxurious accommodaions in a naional archiecural landmark, breakfas for wo in he award-winning resauran Café Fleuri, and an exciing cosume guided public our of he Freedom Trail for wo. Rae: ars a $239 Reservaion code: PFREEDOM hps://gc.synxis.com/rez. aspx?hoel=27423&chain=10316&promo=pfreedom Libery Hoel 215 Charles., Boson 02114 617-224-4000 866-507-5245 Special Freedom Trail package includes an overnigh say in deluxe accommodaions, breakfas, and ickes o he Walk Ino Hisory Tour wih an 18 h -cenury cosumed Freedom Trail Player. Rae: ars a $315, double occupancy www.liberyhoel.com/ Marrio Residence Inn 34-44 Charles River Ave., Charlesown 02129 617-242-9000 Locaed on Boson Harbor and seps from he Freedom Trail s final wo sies - he USS Consiuion and Bunker Hill Monumen - he Residence Inn Tudor Wharf s hoel package includes suie accommodaions wih full kichens; daily ho breakfas buffe for he whole family including Belgian waffles, eggs, muffins, fresh frui and more; an indoor pool and spa; and he new Freedom Trail Guidebook - a 50 page, full-color guide of he 16 Freedom Trail sies and oher hisoric sies along he rail. Rae: $209- $539 Reservaion code: ARN www.marrio.com/bosw The MidTown Hoel 220 Huningon Ave., Boson 02115 617-262-1000 800-343-1177 The Freedom Trail experience! This special package includes one nigh accommodaion, free parking, breakfas for wo a Thornon s Resauran, Walk Ino Hisory wih an 18 h -cenury cosumed guide on a 90-minue our along he Freedom Trail, wih admission o he Old Souh Meeing House, or he Old Norh Church Behind he Scenes Tour, and The Freedom Trail: An Ariss View a coffee able book by renowned aris Leonard Weber (one publicaion per booking). Rae: Priced per person, based on double occupancy ADULTS November-April: single $152 or double $92/pp, May-June: single $202 or double $117/pp, and July-Ocober: single $232 or double $132/pp; add $23.00/child (12 and under), and $32/addiional adul. Noe: one adul + children, book he single package + $23/child www.midownhoel.com Wesin Boson Waerfron 425 Summer., Boson 02210 617-532-4600 Join us for a hisoric say you ll never forge locaed a shor disance from Boson s hisoric Freedom Trail. Before heading ou o explore, recharge wih our Wesin Heavenly Bed and refuel wih a delicious breakfas for wo a Sauciey. Once reenergized, sar your Freedom Trail advenure for wo on a Walk Ino Hisory Tour from Boson Common a he foo of he Massachuses ae House o Faneuil Hall, and hen you may coninue along he red-brick rail o experience more of Boson s mos iconic sies and sories. Rae: ars a $249 Reservaion code: FREEDOM www.wesinbosonwaerfron.com/ freedom-rail Resricions: Canno be combined wih any oher offer, subjec o availabiliy, ax and grauiies no included, and some blackou daes may apply. Raes are based upon double occupancy, lised in US Dollars, and valid hrough December 31, 2018 unless oherwise noed. 13
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Evens & Aciviies Special evens and aciviies are available for groups and daes and imes are subjec o change. Museum evens are free wih admission or suggesed donaion unless oherwise indicaed wih ($). For addiional informaion and updaed even calendars, please visi he websies lised or TheFreedomTrail.org. April - May April School Vacaion Week King s Chapel Tours, Scavenger Huns, Crafs and More! April 14 22, 10am 5pm 617-277-2155 kings-chapel.org/hisory--ours Paul Revere House April 14 21, Times Vary 617-523-2338 paulreverehouse.org Old Souh Meeing House Theme: Mapping he Meeing House April 16 20, 9:30am 5pm 617-482-6439 osmh.org Old ae House Hisory Lab: Colonial Ars and Crafs ($) April 16 20, Times Vary 617-720-1713 bosonhisory.org USS Consiuion Museum Parios Day Teamwork Week April 16 20, Times Vary 617-426-1812 ussconsiuionmuseum.org Old Norh Church 243 rd Lanern Ceremony ($) April 15, 8pm Old Norh Church 617-523-6676 oldnorh.com Parios Day Parade April 16, 10am Boson Ciy Hall 617-227-1638 ahac.us.com Occupying Words: Poery Monh Performance April 20, 1pm Old Souh Meeing House 617-482-6439 osmh.org Boson in he American Revoluion: Occupaion 1768 April 26, 3:30pm Regisraion: osmhapril26-18.bp.me Old Souh Meeing House 617-482-6439 osmh.org Preservaion Monh Evening Archiecure Tours May, Daes and Times TBD 617-277-2155 kings-chapel.org/hisory--ours 16 Old Work & Employmen in Lae 18 h -Cenury Boson May 2, 6:30pm Old Norh Church 617-523-6676 oldnorh.com Paul Revere s Boson May 5 26, Saurdays, 1 3pm Paul Revere House 617-523-2338 paulreverehouse.org 200 h Anniversary of Paul Revere s Deah Commemoraion May 10 11am Granary Burying Ground 12noon Bell Ringing, Various Locaions Sponsored by Paul Revere House 617-523-2338 paulreverehouse.org Celebraing Crafsmanship: Ar & Archiecure Tour May 15, 18, 22, & 25 27, 6pm Old Norh Church 617-523-6676 oldnorh.com Occupaional Hazards: 20 Years as Old Norh s Vicar May 23, 6:30pm Old Norh Church 617-523-6676 oldnorh.com Moher & Faher Wi: Life Lessons A oryelling Performance wih Boson Elders May 17, 6:30pm Regisraion: osmhmay17-18.bp.me Old Souh Meeing House 617-482-6439 osmh.org Memorial Day Para-cord Crafs for Our Troops May 28, Time TBD USS Consiuion Museum 617-426-1812 ussconsiuionmuseum.org Acivaing Hisoric Sies In Dorcheser Sip & Spoke Bike, Kichen and More! May 31, 6:30pm Regisraion: osmhmay31-18.bp.me Old Souh Meeing House 617-482-6439 osmh.org
June - July - Augus June Day Parade June 4, 12noon Faneuil Hall 617-227-1638 ahac.us.com Paul Revere: A Man of Many Occupaions June 5, 6:30pm Old Norh Church 617-523-6676 oldnorh.com King s Chapel 332 nd Birhday June 10, 11am 12noon 617-277-2155 kings-chapel.org Celebrae Boson! Quiz Nigh Theme: Dorcheser June 6, 6pm Regisraion: celebraeboson2018.bp.me Co-sponsored by Dorcheser Hisorical Sociey Old Souh Meeing House 617-482-6439 osmh.org Paul Revere s Boson June 2 30, Saurdays, 1 3pm Paul Revere House 617-523-2338 paulreverehouse.org King s Chapel 332 nd Anniversary Service June 10, 11am 12noon 617-277-2155 kings-chapel.org Freedom Trail 67 h Anniversary June 11 Bunker Hill Family Day Boson Naional Hisorical Park June 16, 9am 5pm Bunker Hill Monumen & Museum 617-242-5641 nps.gov/bos 243 rd Commemoraion of Bunker Hill Boson Naional Hisorical Park June 17, 10am 12noon Bunker Hill Monumen & Museum 617-242-5641 nps.gov/bos Boson s 5 h Annual Donna Summer Roller Disco Pary June 22, 6pm Ciy Hall Plaza 617-635-3911 ciyhallplazaboson.com/evens Revoluionary Town Meeing Boson Naional Hisorical Park June 24 July 29, Sundays, 2:30pm & 4:30pm Grea Hall Faneuil Hall 617-242-5642 nps.gov/bos Reurning Tradiions! Consiuion Turnaround Family Aciviies June 28 July 5, Times TBD USS Consiuion Museum 617-426-1812 ussconsiuionmuseum.org Swinging Concer Series Boson Naional Hisorical Park June 28 Augus 2, Thursdays, 6pm Commandan s House Lawn Charlesown Navy Yard 617-242-5601 nps.gov/bos 37 h Annual Boson Harborfes: Celebraing Hisory and Harbor June 29 July 5, Times and Locaions Vary June 29 Harborfes Kick-Off Faneuil Hall, 11am 617-439-7700 BosonHarborfes.com Colonialfes June 30, 12noon 4pm Old Norh Church Couryards 617-523-6676 oldnorh.com Boson s Friday Afernoon Concer Series July Augus, 12noon Samuel Adams Park Faneuil Hall 617-635-3911 ciyofboson/evens July 4 h Parade June 4, 9am Boson Ciy Hall Plaza 617-635-3911 ciyhallplazaboson.com/evens 617-227-1638 ahac.us.com Declaraion of Independence Reading Reenacmen July 4, 10am Old ae House 617-720-1713 bosonhisory.org Paul Revere s Boson July 7 28, Saurdays, 1 3pm Paul Revere House 617-523-2338 paulreverehouse.org Boson s 46 h Annual Dorohy Curran Wednesday Nigh Concers July 18, Augus 1, 15 & 22, 7pm Ciy Hall Plaza 617-635-3911 ciyhallplazaboson.com/evens 17
Boson s 11 h Annual Caliene! Lain Music Fesival Celebraion of Lain Music, Ar & Dance July 21, 7pm Ciy Hall Plaza 617-635-3911 ciyhallplazaboson.com/evens Phillis Whealey Day Augus, Dae and Time TBD Old Souh Meeing House 617-482-6439 osmh.org Paul Revere s Boson Augus 4 25, Saurdays, 1 3pm Paul Revere House 617-523-2338 paulreverehouse.org Rosies Invade he Yard Boson Naional Hisorical Park Augus 11 12 Charlesown Navy Yard 617-242-5601 nps.gov/bos Boson s 18 h Annual Gospelfes Augus 12, 5pm Ciy Hall Plaza 617-635-3911 ciyhallplazaboson.com/evens Guerriere Day Augus 19, Time TBD USS Consiuion Museum 617-426-1812 ussconsiuionmuseum.org Sepember - Ocober - November - December Charer Day Lecure Sepember, Dae and Time TBD Old ae House 617-720-1713 bosonhisory.org Middays a he Meeing House Sepember May, Selec Days, 1 1:45pm Old Souh Meeing House 617-482-6439 osmh.org Paul Revere s Boson Sepember 1 Ocober 20, Saurdays, 1 3pm Paul Revere House 617-523-2338 paulreverehouse.org Paul Revere Memorial Assoc. Lowell Lecure Series Sepember 5 26, Wednesdays, 6:30 7:30pm Co-sponsored by Paul Revere House & Old Souh Meeing House (even locaion) 617-523-2338 paulreverehouse.org Boson s 3 rd Annual Counry in he Ciy Sepember 15, 7pm Ciy Hall Plaza 617-635-3911 ciyhallplazaboson.com/evens Halloween Cryp Tours Ocober, Daes and Times Vary King s Chapel 617-277-2155 kings-chapel.org/hisory--ours Boson Occupied: An Insolen Parade & Encampmen Ocober 6 7, Times and Locaions Vary 617-646-0572 revoluion250.org Navy Day! Ocober 13, Time TBD USS Consiuion Museum 617-426-1812 ussconsiuionmuseum.org Johny Redcoa o GI Joe: From Boson o Berlin o Baghdad Ocober 18, 6:30pm Old Norh Church 617-523-6676 oldnorh.com Old Ironsides 221 s Birhday Ocober 20, Time TBD USS Consiuion Museum 617-426-1812 ussconsiuionmuseum.org Veerans Day November 11, Time TBD USS Consiuion Museum 617-426-1812 ussconsiuionmuseum.org Old Souh Church Founders Day Service November 18, 11am Old Souh Meeing House 617-482-6439 osmh.org Silver and Bells Holiday Hisory and Hands-On Aciviies December 1 29, Saurdays, 10am 4pm King s Chapel 617-277-2155 kings-chapel.org/hisory--ours Holiday Open House Free Admission and Aciviies December 1 2, 10am 4pm Old Souh Meeing House 617-482-6439 osmh.org 18
Tradiions of he Season December 1 2, 9:30am 4:15pm Paul Revere House 617-523-2338 paulreverehouse.org Pearl Harbor Day Commemoraion Boson Naional Hisorical Park December 7 Charlesown Navy Yard 617-242-5601 nps.gov/bos 245 h Anniversary Boson Tea Pary Reenacmen ($) December 16, 6:30pm Presened by Old Souh Meeing House & Boson Tea Pary Ships & Museum Tickes on sale July 1: goea2018.bp.me 617-482-6439 osmh.org 2019 Evens & Aciviies Old Norh Church Chrismas Services December 24 Family Eucharis, 4pm December 24 Fesive Eucharis, 10:30pm December 25 Holy Eucharis, 11am Old Norh Church 617-523-6676 oldnorh.com King s Chapel Chrismas Services Family Service and Chrismas Pagean, Lessons in Carols, and Chrismas Service December 24 25, Times TBD King s Chapel 617-277-2155 kings-chapel.org Java Day December 29, Time TBD USS Consiuion Museum 617-426-1812 ussconsiuionmuseum.org February School Vacaion Week King s Chapel February 18 22, Times Vary 617-277-2155 kings-chapel.org/hisory--ours Old Souh Meeing House February 18 22, 10am 4pm 617-482-6439 osmh.org Paul Revere House February 18 22, Times Vary 617-523-2338 paulreverehouse.org USS Consiuion Museum February 18 22, Times Vary 617-426-1812 ussconsiuionmuseum.org King s Chapel Celebraes Paul Revere Bell s Birhday Dae and Time TBD 617-277-2155 kings-chapel.org 100 h Anniversary of he Grea Molasses Flood Program Series January April, Daes and Times TBD Co-sponsored by MA Hisorical Sociey Old Souh Meeing House 617-482-6439 osmh.org Boson Massacre Commemoraion & Reenacmen March 2, 9am 8pm Old ae House 617-720-1713 bosonhisory.org Evacuaion Day Ceremony March 17, 10 11:30am Dorcheser Heighs Monumen 617-242-5642 nps.gov/bos Old Norh Church Easer Services 9am & 11am Old Norh Church 617-523-6676 oldnorh.com 19
Walking Tours Freedom Trail Foundaion Tours Official Freedom Trail walking ours led by 18 h -cenury cosumed Freedom Trail Players are offered as 90-minue public ours and privae ours for groups, families, and schools of any size. Public our ickes are available a he Boson Common Visior Informaion Cener, ArsBoson boohs a Faneuil Hall and Copley Square, Old Town Trolley boohs, and Cheers gif shop a Faneuil Hall Markeplace (downsairs) or discouned online a TheFreedomTrail.org $14 aduls, $12 seniors/sudens, $8 children unless oherwise noed. Privae groups ours may be reserved by calling 617-357-8300. Visi TheFreedomTrail.org for curren ours schedule. Walk Ino Hisory Tours Highlighs he revoluionary hisory ha ook place a selec official Freedom Trail hisoric sies. Depars: Boson Common Visior Informaion Cener, April November, Daily, 11am 4pm (every hour on he hour & 2:30pm) and July Augus, Daily, 4:30pm, and Faneuil Hall ArsBoson booh, May Ocober, Daily, 10:30am 3:30pm (every hour on he ½ hour) Piraes & Parios Tours Experience he sories and sruggles of he men and women who lived and worked in America s larges por ciy, and acions hey ook o creae a new naion. Skullduggery in Boson s busy harbor! Depars: Faneuil Hall ArsBoson booh, July Augus, Saurdays Sundays, 1:00 pm African-American Parios Tours Hisory comes alive along his our feauring he conribuions and ales of African- American Bosonians who played a significan role in he Revoluion and beyond. Depars: Boson Common Visior Informaion Cener, February, Saurdays Sundays, 12:45 pm NEW Lanern Tours Experience he Freedom Trail afer dark on he new lanern-li our and hear he hisoric ales oo dark and macabre for dayime! Faal duels, wich hangings, scandalous murders, brual beaings, and oher rue sories. Depars: Faneuil Hall ArsBoson booh, Sepember Ocober, selec Thursdays Saurdays, 7:00pm Hisoric Pub Crawls Enjoy a our of four 18 h -cenury hisoric averns and pubs ha played a major role in fermening revoluion. Refreshmens included a locaions such as he Union Oyser House, The Poin, Green Dragon, and Bell in Hand. Reservaions required $43 aduls (mus be 21 or older). Depars: Faneuil Hall ArsBoson booh. Year-round, Tuesdays, 5:30pm Hisoric Holiday rolls roll hrough hisory of Chrismas and he holidays in Boson, from he viewpoin of a 19 h -cenury Dickensian guide. Includes Freedom Trail sies shop discouns and signaure beverages and Boson cream pie a he Omni Parker House Hoel. Reservaions required $29 aduls; $19 children. Depars: Boson Common Visior Informaion Cener, November January, Thursdays Sundays, 3:30pm NEW Revoluionary Women Tours Explore four cenuries of Revoluionary women who changed hisory and shaped America. Depars: Boson Common Visior Informaion Cener, March, Saurdays Sundays, 12:45pm 20
Along he Trail Ride hrough Boson wih Old Town Trolley & Walk Ino Hisory Tours Take an Old Town Trolley our of Boson hop on/hop off and immerse yourself in hisory along he Freedom Trail on a Walk Ino Hisory Tour wih an 18 h -cenury cosumed guide. Join ickes available a all Old Town Trolley icke oules. 617-269-7010 TrolleyTours.com Freedom Trail Boson Harbor USS Consiuion Cruise Take a Freedom Trail Walk Ino Hisory Tour wih an 18 h -cenury guide and enjoy a 45-minue fully narraed USS Consiuion cruise on Boson Harbor. This combo icke brings you up close and personal wih one of Boson s mos reasured landmarks, Old Ironsides, a her home in Charlesown Navy Yard and offers he opion o disembark for a our of he famous ship, USS Cassin Young and accompanying USS Consiuion Museum. March 26 November 20, Daily,10:30am 4:30pm (every hour on he ½ hour), Boson Long Wharf Reurn cruises: 11am 5pm (every hour on he hour), Charlesown Navy Yard USS Consiuion closed Mondays $33.95 aduls; $29.95 seniors/sudens; $23.95 children (3-11) Tickes: Boson Long Wharf, elephone, or websies 877-SEE-WHALE (733-9425) bosonharborcruises.com 617-357-8300 TheFreedomTrail.org The Redcoas are Coming o Downown Boson! Join he Downown Boson Business Improvemen Disric (BID) and Freedom Trail Foundaion as we bring hisory o life in Boson! See he Redcoas Changing he Guard as well as coloniss and Briish soldiers ineracing like i was in 1775. These exciing and eneraining aciviies will pop-up in unexpeced places hroughou he Downown Boson BID. Lisen as a Redcoa capain accompanies soldiers o heir poss, and soldiers complee inspecions and march o heir nex pos. Mee and engage wih 18 h -cenury figures and alk wih hem abou life in Boson s early years. May Sepember. For more informaion, visi downownboson.org. 21
eps Off he Trail Boson Tea Pary Ships & Museum The Boson Tea Pary, he single mos imporan even leading up o he American Revoluion, occurred he nigh of December 16, 1773. ep inside he Boson Tea Pary Ships & Museum for an incredible journey back in ime, where you become par of ha faeful nigh. Acors in period clohing, high-ech ineracive exhibis, auhenically resored 18 h -cenury cargo ships and a sirring muli-sensory film are jus a ase of wha you will see, feel and hear on our floaing museum overlooking Boson Harbor. $28 aduls; $25 seniors/sudens/miliary; $18 children 5-12; free-children under 4 Visi bosoneaparyship.com or call 617-338-1773 306 Congress ree Museum of African American Hisory Walk in he fooseps of Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Maria ewar, and all he black and whie aboliionis gians who rallied for freedom and equaliy across he naion from he Colonial period hrough he 19 h -cenury. Experience he beauifully resored African Meeing House, buil by free black crafsmen in 1806 and he oldes black church sill sanding in he Unied aes. Explore he Abiel Smih School, he oldes public school building for African-American sudens, now feauring galleries of roaing exhibis, a museum gif sore, and hourly ours led by inerpreive rangers of he Naional Park Service, Boson African-American Naional Hisoric Sie. The Museum welcomes visiors from around he world o he naion s mos imporan African- American Naional Hisoric Landmarks o hear incredible sories of organized free black communiies, and experience Park Ranger-led Black Heriage Trail ours. For more informaion abou he Boson and Nanucke campuses, visi maah.org or call 617-725-0022 46 Joy ree, Beacon Hill Nex o he JFK Library and EMK Insiue! Original 1789 Bill of Righs Hands-on Exhibis Massachuses Archives Building Open Daily, Memorial Day Labor Day Mondays Fridays, Sepember May 617-727-9268 FREE! www.commonwealhmuseum.org 22
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News & Technology! The NEW Freedom Trail Websie & ore In celebraion of he Freedom Trail s 67 h anniversary, he Freedom Foundaion will launch a new websie in 2018. This online plaform will welcome people o he Ciy of Boson, Freedom Trail, 16 official Freedom Trail hisoric sies, and beyond. The modern, responsive, branded-desinaion websie will offer an easy o use experience and ool for users a home and on he Freedom Trail. The Freedom Trail sore offers our icke discouns, books such as he Freedom Trail Guide and A Kid s Guide o he Freedom Trail, in addiion o oher suden-friendly and grownup-inriguing books and iems. Visi TheFreedomTrail.org or call 617-357-8300. Old Corner Booksore Celebraes 300 h Anniversary wih New Technology The Old Corner Booksore he ciy s oldes commercial building was firs buil as a home and apohecary shop before becoming he sie of a series of booksellers and publishers. The bes known, Ticknor and Fields, occupied he building from 1832 o 1865 when i became a meeing place for such well-known auhors as Nahaniel Hawhorne, Harrie Beecher owe, Henry Wadsworh Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Charles Dickens. Now a Boson landmark, he Old Corner Booksore was he firs imporan building o be rescued, resored, and repurposed by Hisoric Boson, Inc. (HBI) in he early 1960 s. HBI offers an augmened realiy app, called Look Again, ha allows users o view he building hrough five decades. Look Again is available for download for ios and Android devices. Firs-in-he-Naion Colonial Burying Ground App Freedom Trail Foundaion s Granary Burying Ground s Top 100 an applicaion for one of Boson s mos hisoric burying grounds is filled wih idbis abou he Top 100 lives, images, and quoes from ciizens of Boson insrumenal in shaping he Revoluion. The Granary app and he official Freedom Trail app are available on itunes or Google Play. Hear Hisory: Audio Guide of he Freedom Trail! Walk on your own and lisen o he sories of he Revoluion wih he Freedom Trail Foundaion s MP3 player audio guide. The 3-hour self-guided our presens he 16 official Freedom Trail sies, wih ambien sounds and music of he imes. Download or purchase i o brush up on American Revoluionary hisory and beyond, for your visi o he Freedom Trail, or as a souvenir! Available online a TheFreedomTrail.org or a he Boson Common Visior Informaion Cener. Preserving he Freedom Trail In addiion o he Freedom Trail Foundaion s Preservaion Fund and each official Freedom Trail hisoric sies effors o preserve Boson s reasures, he Ciy of Boson is enhancing he Freedom Trail! In 2018, Boson will officially celebrae he Boson Common Parkman Plaza and Rachel Revere Park reconsrucions projecs, coninue he Connec Hisoric Boson projecs on Union ree and Consiuion Road, and begin he Norh Square and Paul Revere Mall (Prado) reconsrucion projecs in he Norh End. These projecs help o preserve and improve he Freedom Trail for over 4 million people o experience annually. 24
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Access Informaion Freedom Trail Accessible Roues Boson Common Visior Informaion Cener o ae House Travel up Tremon ree (oward Park ree MBTA aion), urn lef ono Park ree, coninue o Beacon ree, he ae House is locaed on Beacon ree Massachuses ae House accessible enry Ashburon Park enrance, Bowdoin ree: from Park ree, urn righ on Beacon ree, urn lef ono Bowdoin ree Granary Burying Ground accessible enry From Massachuses ae House Ashburon Park enrance urn righ ono Bowdoin ree, urn lef on Beacon ree, ake firs righ ino he alley (across from Somerse ree), he accessible enrance o he Granary is locaed a he end of he alley Paul Revere Mall o Old Norh Church From Paul Revere Mall a Uniy ree, urn righ on Uniy ree, urn lef on Charer ree, lef on Salem ree o Old Norh Church Key (Please see each sie descripion for sie-specific access informaion) WHEELCHAIR BATHROOMS LARGE PRINT ASSIED LIENING DEVICE BRAILLE SIGN LANGUAGE (per reques, wo weeks in advance ) Wheelchair renals available: Gary Drug Company 59 Charles ree, Beacon Hill 617-227-0023 Boson Orhopedic & Respiraory Equipmen 175 Main ree, Charlesown 617-337-5133 For more informaion, please call he Freedom Trail Foundaion 617-357-8300 26
Faneuil Hall Markeplace and Quincy Marke Quincy Marke Food Colonnade Hisoric Landmarks & Tours of Quincy Marke Indoor & Oudoor Resaurans and Pubs 100 Shops & Pushcars ree Theaer, Oudoor Games & Fun! FaneuilHallMarkeplace.com 27
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Freedom Trail Scholars Program Bring hisory o life in your classroom wih a one-hour ineracive raveling class ha enhralls sudens of all ages and suppors school curriculum. Presened by he Freedom Trail Foundaion, he program includes curriculum, quizzes, bibliography, evaluaions, and eacher aids. Scholarships are available. For informaion or o schedule he program, please call 617-357-8300 ex. 200 or visi TheFreedomTrail.org. The sudens were fully engaged in he program. I was fas moving, very ineresing and relevan o our curriculum. I love seeing heir faces ligh up and smiling as hey are learning. They were so excied when he program ouched upon somehing hey learned, read, or researched abou in class! Grea program! Heaher Oluwole, Winship Elemenary School, Brighon, MA Presened by: Sponsored by: Massachuses Sociey of he Cincinnai An agency which is funded by he Massachuses Culural Council adminisered by he Mayor s Office of Ars + Culure 29
Public Resrooms Hours are subjec o change due o inclemen weaher or emergencies. Mos locaions excep he auomaed public oiles are closed Thanksgiving, Chrismas, and New Year s Day. ** Indicaes Auomaic Public Toiles ($) Fully-accessible, fully-auomaic, sae of he ar, self-cleaning ameniies available daily, 7am 7pm a $.25 cens per 15 minues (insrucions for addiional ime opions posed on uni fron panel). If auomaic public oiles are no funcioning, please call he Mayor s holine a 617-635-4500 o repor he issue. Boson Common Visior Informaion Cener 139 Tremon ree Mondays Fridays, 8:30am 5pm, Saurdays Sundays, 9am 5pm Boson Common Frog Pond Daily, 10am 6pm Massachuses ae House 23 Beacon ree Mondays Fridays, 9am 5pm Closed: Massachuses holidays Park ree Church Corner of Park and Tremon rees Lae June Augus, Tuesdays Sundays, 9:30am 3pm Boson Ciy Hall One Ciy Hall Plaza Mondays Fridays, 8:30am 5pm Closed: Ciy of Boson holidays Ciy Hall Plaza, Congress. ** Congress ree across from Faneuil Hall Faneuil Hall Daily, 9am 6pm Long Wharf Norh, Chrisopher Columbus Park ** 2 Long Wharf Cenral Wharf a New England Aquarium ** 206 Alanic Avenue Old Norh Church 193 Salem ree March 1 December 31, 9am 5pm Donaion suggesed Commercial ree a Popuolo Park, Norh End ** 35 Commercial ree Charlesown Navy Yard, Naional Park Service Visior Informaion Cener November 1 mid-march, Thursdays Sundays, 9am 5pm Mid-March Ocober 31, Daily, 9am 5pm Charlesown Shipyard Park, Consiuion Pier ** 197 Eighh ree USS Consiuion Museum Charlesown Navy Yard April 1 Ocober 31, 9am 6pm November 1 March 31, 10am 5pm Bunker Hill Monumen & Museum 43 Monumen Square December mid-march, Daily, 1pm 5pm; Mid-March November 30, Daily, 9am 5pm 30
Making hisory Boson has always been a cradle for revoluionary ideas. Today, new ideas are ofen sparked in our award-winning convenion ceners. When we bring grea minds ogeher, anyhing can happen. Visi SignaureBoson.com o see wha evens are making convenion hisory now and far ino he fuure! DAVID M. GIBBONS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR /SignaureBoson @SignaureBos