Reference Material Layout

This document outlines how the reference sections are laid out.

• 1970 - Place information-Within each state and month, the places are arranged somewhat alphabetically. This is done that all places starting with "A" is day 01; "B" is day 02; ...
• January (01) - California
• February (02) - Colorado
• March (03) - Utah, Idaho, Wyoming
  
• April (04) - Arizona, Nevada
• May (05) - Oregon Washington
• June (06) - Hawaii, Alaska
• September (09) -Georgia
  
• October (10) - DC, Virginia, Maryland
  
• November (11) - Connecticut, Massachusetts

• 1971 - Reference section
• January - Recipes. The recipes are arranged somewhat alphabetically. This is done that all recipes starting with "A" is day 01; "B" is day 02; ...
• March - Equipment
• July - Fire Lookout
• 1972 - Long Term Hiking Plans
• June 21-30, 2014 - Giant Forest to Junction Meadow, then Horse Corral Meadow  
• 2013 - JMT
•  2016 - JMT
• 1973 - Background for meetup hikes I have lead
• 1974 - Natural Phenomena
• January (01) - Clouds
• February (02) - Animals
• March (03) - Flowers
• April (04) - Outhouses
  

Places: MA-Old Sturbridge Village

Old Sturbridge Village-591' (Southbridge) (42.1070391, -72.0986875)

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From GNIS:

• On the Quinebaug River, 1 mi W of Sturbridge; Town of Sturbridge.

Trips:

• October 19, 2018-Return to Boston via Old Sturbridge Village

References:

• Old Stuurbridge Village web site
• Wikipedia
• Trip Advisor
• Facebook
• New England Journal article
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Places: MA-Old State House

Old State House-30' (Boston South) (42.3587086,  -71.0578287)

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From GNIS:

• Built in 1713, this was the seat of the colonial government. It was also here, in 1766, that the first gallery from which the public could watch the government in action was opened (US-T109). The first proclamation of the Declaration of Independence was given on July 18, 1776, at this building (MA-T36/p.6). It was known as the Town House before the Revolutionary War when it was the seat of the Colonial government
• The ancient basement of this building is a busy subway station. (MA-T36/p10)
• Also known as Town House: Wiencek, Henry. The Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: Southern New England. Revised and Updated edition. New York: Stewart, Tabori and Change, 1998

Trips:

• October 15-24, 2018
• October 17, 2018-First half of the Freedom Trail
• October 20, 2018-Finish Freedom Trail

References:

• Wikipedia
• NPS
• Freedom Trail
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Places: MA-State House

State House-85' (Boston South) (42.3587445,-71.0640124)

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The building, designed by architect Charles Bulfinch, was completed in January 1798

From GNIS:

• Bahne, Charles. The Complete Guide to Boston's Freedom Trail. Second Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Newtowne Publishing, 1993. p7
• Also called: Massachusetts New State HouseBahne, Charles. The Complete Guide to Boston's Freedom Trail. Second Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Newtowne Publishing, 1993.

Trips:

•  October 15-24, 2018
• October 16, 2018-Boston Common, Boston African Freedom Trail
• October 17, 2018-First half of the Freedom Trail

References:

• Wikipedia
• State of Massachusetts tour
• Freedom Trail
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Places: MA-Old North Church

Old North Church-36' (Boston South) (42.3664863, -71.0544954)

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... location from which the famous "One if by land, two if by sea" signal is said to have been sent. This phrase is related to Paul Revere's midnight ride, of April 18, 1775, which preceded the Battles of Lexington and Concord during the American Revolution.  From Wikipedia

From GNIS:

• Built in 1723.
• Also called:
• Christ Church: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service lists, brochures and handbooks.
• Christ Church in Boston: Bahne, Charles. The Complete Guide to Boston's Freedom Trail. Second Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Newtowne Publishing, 1993.
• Christ Church in the City of Boston:"Old North Church." Boston, Massachusetts: Old North Church, n.d
• Old North Church Episcopal Church: "Old North Church." Boston, Massachusetts: Old North Church, n.d

Trips:

• October 17, 2018-First half of the Freedom Trail
• October 20, 2018-Finish Freedom Trail

References:

• Old North Church web site
• Wikipedia
• Boston Tea Party Museum
• Freedom Trail information
• NPS web site
• New England Today Travel with a look beyond the tour
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Places: MA-Minute Man National Park

Minute Man National Park-207' (Concord) (42.4534003, -71.2960468)
Minute Man Monument-118' (Concord) (42.4687051, -71.3511708)
Battle Road Visitors Center-203' (Concord) (42.4481506, -71.2653347)

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First go to the visitor’s center and watch their half an hour presentation called The Road to Revolution. That will give you a good perspective of the relationship between the area and the events this park commemorates. Upon the advice of a ranger, we went up the road to Hartwell Tavern, a few miles up the road. Here we got to see a musket demonstration with an explanation of how the muskets were fired. Right by Hartwell Tavern is the road which the British used to march to Concord and get attacked on the way back. It looks both interesting and walkable, but unfortunately we did not have the time to walk it.    My review on TripAdvisor

From GNIS:

• Minute Man Monument:
• The monument was sculpted by Daniel Chester French to memoralize the citizen - soldier of 1775
• Also known as Minuteman Statue: West Suburban Boston. Taunton, Massachusetts: Arrow Map, n.d.
•     Battle Road Visitors Center
• The Lexington Guide: 1994 Street Map and Index. n.p.: Media Ventures, 1993.

Trips:

• October 18, 2018-Go to cousin in Canton, Connecticut
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References:

• NPS site
• Wikipedia
• Visit Lexington
• National Park Foundation

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Places: MA-Paul Revere House

Paul Revere House-30' (Boston South) (42.3639863, -71.0536620)

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From GNIS:

• Built in 1860, this house is the oldest in Boston. Paul Revere owned it from 1770 until 1800. After 1800 it was used for commercial stores and tenement housing until its restoration, in 1908, by the Paul Revere Memorial Association
• U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service lists, brochures and handbooks.

Trips:

• October 17, 2018-First half of the Freedom Trail

References:

• Paul Revere House web site
• Wikipedia
• Freedom Trail information
• NPS web site
• Atlas Obscura
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Places: CT-Quinebaug River

Quinebaug River-26' (Norwich) (41.5564871, -72.0453541)
Quinebaug River Reservoir-568' (Southbridge) (42.1082494,  -72.0949758)
Quinebaug River Pond Dam-381' (Webster) (42.0503395,  -71.9811520)

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From GNIS, the Quinebaug River is also called:

• Aspinock-Hughes, Arthur and Morse S. Allen. Connecticut Place Names. Hartford, Connecticut: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1976.
• Ounnubaug River
• Ounnubbage River
• Quenebaugh River-Professor Pathfinder's Cambridge, MA. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Hedberg Maps, 1999.
• Quinabaag River
• Quinapaug River
• Quineboag River
• Quinibaug River-Pease, John C. and John M Niles. A Gazetteer of the States of Connecticut and Rhode Island. (reprint) Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1991
• Quinnebaug River       

Trips:

• October 19, 2018-Return to Boston via Old Sturbridge Village

References:

• Wikipedia
• TrailLink
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Places: MA-Park St Church

Park St Church-56' (Boston South) (42.3570419, -71.0619955)

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From GNIS:

• William Lloyd Garrison gave his first antislavery speech in this church. It was built in 1809 (US-T109). 'America' was first sung in public on July 4, 1852, at this church (MA-T36/p26). The variant name of 'Brimstone Corner' exists because the church was used to store gunpowder during the War of 1812 (MA-T36/p30).
• U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service lists, brochures and handbooks. Year of publication and name of brochure or handbook follow (if known): Boston 
• Also called Brimstone Corner: Wiencek, Henry. The Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: Southern New England. Revised and Updated edition. New York: Stewart, Tabori and Change, 1998.

Trips:

• October 17, 2018-First half of the Freedom Trail

References:

• Park Street Church's web site
• Wikipedia
• Freedom Trail information
• Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum web site
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Places: MA-Lexington

Lexington-213' (Lexington) (42.4473175, -71.2245003)
Lexington Battle Green-223' (Lexington) (42.4492619, -71.2308893
Lexington Green-223' (Lexington) (42.4498174, -71.2314449)
Lexington Visitor Center-220' (Lexington) (42.4492619, -71.2292226)
Concord Monument Square-Lexington Road Historic District-131' (Concord) (42.4617608, -71.3489484)
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Description:

On GNIS:

•  Lexington
• In looking at England, there was no place called Lexington
• See GNIS supporting documents for ID     612190. There is a discussion about the original of the town's name.
• Also called:
•  Cambridge Farms
• Lexington Centre
• Lexington Village
• Lexington Battle Green-    The Lexington Guide: 1994 Street Map and Index. n.p.: Media Ventures, 1993.
• Also called: Battle Green by West Suburban Boston. Taunton, Massachusetts: Arrow Map, n.d.
•  Lexington Green-    U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service lists, brochures and handbooks. 
• Concord Monument Square-Lexington Road Historic District-National Register of Historic Places - use code US-T143

Trips:

• October 18, 2018-Go to cousin in Canton, Connecticut

References:

• Town of Lexington
• Wikipedia
• Visit Lexington
• New England Today Journal-Fall trip to Lexington
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Places: MA-Kings Chapel

Kings Chapel-46' (Boston South) (42.3584308, -71.0597732)
Kings Chapel Burying Ground-49' (Boston South) (42.3583567,  -71.0598343)

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We were calling it King's Church while we were in Boston, but GNIS says it is called Kings Chapel. It also calls itself Kings Chapel. Even though the Burying Grounds and the Chapel share the same names, they are not associated with each other. That explains why Dawes who also road the same night as Paul Revere was buried here.


King's Chapel is an independent Christian unitarian congregation affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association that is "unitarian Christian in theology, Anglican in worship, and congregational in governance."[2] It is housed in what was formerly called "Stone Chapel", an 18th-century structure at the corner of Tremont Street and School Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The chapel building, completed in 1754, is one of the finest designs of the noted colonial architect Peter Harrison, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960 for its architectural significance.

Despite its name, the adjacent King's Chapel Burying Ground is not affiliated with the chapel or any other church; it pre-dates the chapel by over a century.  From Wikipedia

From GNIS:

• Kings Chapel.
• Built in 1754.
• U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service lists, brochures and handbooks.
• Also called:
• King's Chapel:  Insight Guide: Boston. Maspeth, New York: Langenscheidt, 2000
• King's Chapel Unitarian: Bahne, Charles. The Complete Guide to Boston's Freedom Trail. Second Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Newtowne Publishing, 1993.
• Stone Chapel: Bahne, Charles. The Complete Guide to Boston's Freedom Trail. Second Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Newtowne Publishing, 1993.
• Kings Chapel Burying Grounds
• This burying ground was the first in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and ti shelters Governor John Winthrop and William Dawes, Junior.
• U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service lists, brochures and handbooks.
• Also called King's Chapel Burying Ground:  Bahne, Charles. The Complete Guide to Boston's Freedom Trail. Second Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Newtowne Publishing, 1993.

Trips:

• October 17, 2018-First half of the Freedom Trail

References:

• Kings Chapel web site
• Wikipedia
• The Freedom Trail information
• Boston Discovery Guide
• Boston Tea Party Museum
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Places: MA-Hartwell Tavern

Hartwell Tavern-217' (Concord) (42.4548168,  -71.2956134)

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An interesting question from the NPS site
Why is the kitchen ceiling so low? Were people much shorter back then?
No, there was a great variation in height back then, as today. George Washington was 6'3." The average height in the 18th c. was about 1" shorter than today's average. Just like today, tall people got used to bending when they went from the higher-ceiling rooms like the tavern room into a back kitchen lean-to area.

Notice the kitchen is on the north side of the house, the side that gets the cold winds in winter. Low ceilings keep in the heat. Also, to minimize the wall exposure on the north side, many New England houses were built in a "Saltbox" style-- the long slanted roof sometimes even going all the way to the ground to protect the house from the cold north wind. Because of the low slant, the loft above the kitchen would have no headspace at all if the kitchen ceiling were any higher. The southern exposure (the front of the house) has the most windows, to maximize solar heat. Modern home-builders could learn much from these 18th c. houses about energy conservation.


From GNIS: Lexington and Concord. Lowell, Massachusetts: Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau, n.d.


Trips:

• October 18, 2018-Go to cousin in Canton, Connecticut

References:

• NPS site
• Information on the Hartwell's
• National Park Planner
• NPS Hartwell Houses report
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Places: MA-Granary Burial Grounds

Granary Burial Grounds-___' (Boston South) (42°21′26.6″N, 71°03′42.1″W)

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The Granary Burying Ground in Massachusetts is the city of Boston's third-oldest cemetery, founded in 1660 and located on Tremont Street. It is the final resting place for many notable Revolutionary War-era patriots, including Paul Revere, the five victims of the Boston Massacre, and three signers of the Declaration of Independence: Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Robert Treat Paine. The cemetery has 2,345 grave-markers, but historians estimate that as many as 5,000 people are buried in it.[1] The cemetery is adjacent to Park Street Church and immediately across from Suffolk University Law School.   From Wikipedia



Trips:

• October 17, 2018-First half of the Freedom Trail

References:

• Wikipedia
• The Freedom Trail information
•  Boston Free Tours by foot
• City of Boston
• Boston Discovery Tour
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Places: MA-Freedom Trail

Freedom Trail-20' (Boston South) (42.3631530, -71.0547732)
Freedom Trail National Park Visitor Center-26' (Boston South) (42.3584308, 71.0572732)

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Sherri and I walked the Freedom Trail. Even though it is only 2.5 to 3 miles long, it took us two days. We have a tendency to stop and read and visit each place of interest. We did it as a self guided tour, but you can do it as a guided tour as well, with guides in costume. Both at the Faneuli Hall and at Bunker Hill there are NPS interpretive rangers who will walk a group through several points in the area-highly suggest you make use of them.



The Freedom Trail is a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km) path through downtown Boston, Massachusetts, that passes by 16 locations significant to the history of the United States. Marked largely with brick, it winds between Boston Common to the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown. Stops along the trail include simple explanatory ground markers, graveyards, notable churches and buildings, and a historic naval frigate. While most of the sites are free or suggest donations, the Old South Meeting House, the Old State House, and the Paul Revere House charge admission. The Freedom Trail is overseen by the City of Boston's Freedom Trail Commission^[1] and is supported in part by grants from various nonprofits and foundations, private philanthropy, and Boston National Historical Park.  From Wikipedia


From GNIS:

• Freedom Trail
• The trail is recognized as a National Recreation Trail. It is a 3 mi tour of 16 historically important sites and structures in downtown Boston and Charlestown beginning at the Boston Common and ending at the Bunker Hill Monument.
• U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service lists, brochures and handbooks. Year of publication and name of brochure or handbook follow (if known): Boston
• Also called Chemin de la Liberte : Boston: The Official Guidebook. Boston, Massachusetts: Parsons, Friedman, and Central, Inc., 1996
•  Freedom Trail National Park Visitor Center:  Bahne, Charles. The Complete Guide to Boston's Freedom Trail. Second Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Newtowne Publishing, 1993. p23

Trips:

• October 17, 2018-First half of the Freedom Trail
• October 20, 2018-Finish Freedom Trail

References:

• Freedom Trail Organization
• Wikipedia
• Self-Guided Walk
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Places: CT-Farmington

Farmington-243' (New Britain) (41.7198216, 72.8320435)
East Branch Farmington River-348' (Collinsville) (41.8667635,  -72.9542700)
Farmington River Reservoir-367' (Collinsville) (41.8000980,  -72.9278802)
West Branch Farmington River-348' (Collinsville) (41.8667635,  -72.9542700)
Farmington River-7' (Hartford West) (41.8323209, -72.6384243)
Farmington Mountain-502' (New Britain) (41.7134328, -72.8156540)
Farmington Reservoir-384' (New Britain) (41.7106947, -72.8265301)
Old Farmington Cemetery-256' (New Britain) (41.7177878,  -72.8328236)

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From GNIS:

• West Branch Farmington River
• Heads in Massachusetts in Hayden Pond, flows southeast into Connecticut to join the East Branch Farmington River to form the Farmington River 6.4 km (4 mi) northwest of Collinsville; Towns of Otis, Sandisfield and Tolland, MA and Colebrook, Barkhamsted and New Hartford, CT.
• Also called:
•  Farmington River
• Great River-Hughes, Arthur and Morse S. Allen. Connecticut Place Names. Hartford, Connecticut: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1976.
• West Branch of the Farmington River
• Farmington River
• Also called:
• Hartford River-Hughes, Arthur and Morse S. Allen. Connecticut Place Names. Hartford, Connecticut: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1976
• Little River-Hughes, Arthur and Morse S. Allen. Connecticut Place Names. Hartford, Connecticut: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1976
• The Rivulet -Hughes, Arthur and Morse S. Allen. Connecticut Place Names. Hartford, Connecticut: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1976
• Tunckseapose-Huden, John C. (compiler). Indian Place Names of New England. New York: Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation, 1962
• Tunckseasapose-Hughes, Arthur and Morse S. Allen. Connecticut Place Names. Hartford, Connecticut: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1976
• Tunkis
• Tunkseese- Huden, John C. (compiler). Indian Place Names of New England. New York: Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation, 1962
• Tunxis-Huden, John C. (compiler). Indian Place Names of New England. New York: Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation, 1962
• Wattankshausepo-Huden, John C. (compiler). Indian Place Names of New England. New York: Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation, 1962
• Windsor Ferry River-Hughes, Arthur and Morse S. Allen. Connecticut Place Names. Hartford, Connecticut: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1976
• Windsor River
• Winser Ferry River-Hughes, Arthur and Morse S. Allen. Connecticut Place Names. Hartford, Connecticut: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1976
• Winsor Ferry RiverHughes, Arthur and Morse S. Allen. Connecticut Place Names. Hartford, Connecticut: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1976
•  Farmington
• Also called Farmington Village-Hartford County Atlas. Maspeth, New York: Hagstrom Map Company, 1994.
• Old Farmington Cemetery
• Farmington Cemeteries. http://www.angelfire.com/ct/farmington/cem.html.
• Also called: Old Main Street Cemetery-Hartford County Atlas. Maspeth, New York: Hagstrom Map Company, 1994

Trips:

• October 18, 2018-Go to cousin in Canton, Connecticut

References:

• Wikipedia
• Farmington River Coordinating Committe
• Wild and Scenic Rivers
• Farmington River Watershed Association
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Places: MA-Faneuil Hall

Faneuil Hall-20' (Boston South) (42.3592642, -71.0564398)

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Faneuil Hall (/ˈfænjəl/ or /ˈfænəl/; previously /ˈfʌnəl/), located near the waterfront and today's Government Center, in Boston, Massachusetts, has been a marketplace and a meeting hall since 1743. It was the site of several speeches by Samuel Adams, James Otis, and others encouraging independence from Great Britain. Now it is part of Boston National Historical Park and a well-known stop on the Freedom Trail. It is sometimes referred to as "the Cradle of Liberty" From Wikipedia

Peter Faneuil was a slave trader and the hall was funded from those profits. There is discussion about changing the name in 2018 because of this association with the slave trade.

From GNIS:

• This building was donated by Peter Faneuil in 1742 and enlarged in 1806. The meeting hall on the second floor is the one that James Otis nicknamed the 'Cradle of Liberty' because of the active protests of British policy voiced in it 
• The lower floor of Faneuil Hall has always been a market and the second, a meeting hall. The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company Museum is located on the third floor
•  U.S. Geological Survey. Geographic Names Post Phase I Map Revisions. Various editions. 01-Jan-2000.
• Also called:
• The Cradle of Liberty: Bahne, Charles. The Complete Guide to Boston's Freedom Trail. Second Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Newtowne Publishing, 1993.
• The Great Hall:  Bahne, Charles. The Complete Guide to Boston's Freedom Trail. Second Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Newtowne Publishing, 1993.

Trips:

• October 17, 2018-First half of the Freedom Trail

References:

• Faneuil Hall Marketplace information
• Wikipedia
• Faneuil Hall information
• Boston Globe column about changing Faneuil Hall's name because of the association with the slave trade
• NPS web site
• Boston Tea Party Museum
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Places: MA-USS Constitution

USS Constitution-0' (Boston South) (42.3725973, -71.0569955)
Constitution Wharf-0' (Boston South) (42.3684306, -71.0506064)
Constitution Museum-7' (Boston South) (42.373986,  -71.0553288)

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USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy named by President George Washington after the United States Constitution. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat. She was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed. Joshua Humphreys designed the frigates to be the young Navy's capital ships, and so Constitution and her sisters were larger and more heavily armed and built than standard frigates of the period. She was built at Edmund Hartt's shipyard in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts. Her first duties were to provide protection for American merchant shipping during the Quasi-War with France and to defeat the Barbary pirates in the First Barbary War.  From Wikipedia

From GNIS:

• Constitution Museum
• Many exhibits are available for viewing that combine to create the feeling of shipboard life in the 1800's and tell the story of the USS Constitution during her years under sail.
• Also called:
• Building 22-Bahne, Charles. The Complete Guide to Boston's Freedom Trail. Second Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Newtowne Publishing, 1993.
• USS Constitution Museum-MapEasy's Guidemap To Boston. Wainscott, New York: MapEasy, 2000.
• USS Constitution
• The USS Constitution was launched from Boston in 1797. She earned the nickname of 'Old Ironsides' by never losing a battle in her long career. She fought many foes, including the British, in the War of 1812, and the infamous Barbary pirates. She is now the oldest ship in the United States Navy.  
• Also called
• Old Ironsides-U.S. Geological Survey. Geographic Names Post Phase I Map Revisions. Various editions. 01-Jan-2000
• USS Constitution National Park-Insight Guide: Boston. Maspeth, New York: Langenscheidt, 2000.

Trips:

• October 20, 2018-Finish Freedom Trail

References:

• USS Constitution Museum
• Wikipedia
• Navy.Mil
• History of Massachusetts Bay
• Facbook
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Places: MA-Copps Hill Burial Ground

Copps Hill Burial Ground-59' (Boston South) (42.3671662,  -71.0560666)
Copps Hill-59' (Boston South) (42.3672785, -71.0560530)
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a historic cemetery in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1659, it was originally named "North Burying Ground", and was the city's second cemetery. From


From GNIS:

• Copps Hill Burial Ground
• This feature began as a cemetery in the 1660's. A century later it was used by the British as an emplacement for the cannon that fired on Americans at Bunker Hill. Cotton Mather and Edward Hartt, builder of the USS Constitution, are buried here
• This cemetery overlooks the Charles River.
• U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service lists, brochures and handbooks.  
• Also called:
• Copp's Hill Burying Ground: Foulke, Patricia and Robert Foulke. Colonial America: A Traveler's Guide. Old Saybrook, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press, 1994.
• Copps Hill Cemetery: MapEasy's Guidemap To Boston. Wainscott, New York: MapEasy, 2000.
• Copps Hill
• Named for William Copp
• 0.6 mi NNE of Boston C.H.; City of Boston.
• Also called:
• Copp's Hill:
• Corspe Hill: Bahne, Charles. The Complete Guide to Boston's Freedom Trail. Second Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Newtowne Publishing, 1993.
• Snows Hill
• Windmill Hill: Foulke, Patricia and Robert Foulke. Colonial America: A Traveler's Guide. Old Saybrook, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press, 1994

Trips:

• October 17, 2018-First half of the Freedom Trail
• October 20, 2018-Finish Freedom Trail

References:

• Freedom Trail information
• Wikipedia - Copps Hill Burial Ground
• Wikipedia - Copps Hill
• Internment.net site - list of burials
• City of Boston
• Atlas Obscura
• Ghosts and Gravestones
• Find a grave
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Places: MA-Buckman Tavern

Buckman Tavern-223' (Lexington) (42.4495396, -71.2295004)

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Trips:

• October 18, 2018-Go to cousin in Canton, Connecticut

References:

• Wikipedia
• Lexington Historical Society
• Visit Lexington
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Places: MA-Bunker Hill

Bunker Hill-95' (Boston North) (42.3812629, -71.0663139)
Bunker Hill Burying Ground-36' (Boston North) (42.3793149,  -71.0615923)
Bunker Hill Monument-0' (Boston South) (42.3678751, -71.0608845)
Bunker Hill Monument-79' (Boston North) (42.3762083, -71.0606068)
Bunker Hill Museum-62' (Boston North) (42.3767639,  -71.0619957)

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On June 17, 1775, early in the Revolutionary War (1775-83), the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost. Although commonly referred to as the Battle of Bunker Hill, most of the fighting occurred on nearby Breed’s Hill.  From History.com


From GNIS:

• Bunker Hill
• This is the hill for which the famous battle was named although it was fought on Breeds Hill (Nason 1874).
• 0.5 mi NW of Breeds Hill in Charlestown; City of Boston.
• Also called Bunkers Hill
•   Bunker Hill Burying Ground
• Also called Bunker Cemetery
• Bunker Hill Monument-at top of hill
•     This monument marks the site of the first major battle of the American Revolution and honors those patriots who fought against the British until their supply of ammunition was exhausted and they were forced to retreat

Trips:

• October 20, 2018-Finish Freedom Trail

References:

• NPS web site
• Wikipedia-Battle of Bunker Hill
• History.com
• Smithsonian
• American Battlefield Trust
• British Battles
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Places: MA-Boston

Boston-49' (Boston South) (42.3584308, -71.0597732)

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Description:
Capital of Massachusetts


From GNIS:

• Present name adopted in 1630. The variant name, "Wahstoronòn:ke", is a Mohawk name which translates to: "place of the people of Boston".
• Located on a point of land extending NE into Boston Inner Harbor between the Charles River and Fort Point Channel 40 mi ENE of Worcester; the Capital of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Also called
• Baston. Holland Society of New York. New York Historical Manuscripts : Dutch , volume 26. 31-Dec-1978. Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Co.
• Mushauwomuk. Beauchamp, William M. Aboriginal Place Names of New York. New York State Museum. Bulletin 108, Archeology 12. 31-Dec-1907. NY State Education Department.
• Old Boston
• Shawmut. Hayward, John. The New England Gazetteer. 4th Edition. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1997
• Shawmutt. Hampden County, Massachusetts Cemeteries. http:www.rootsweb.com/mahampde/cem_oth.htm
• Shawnnut. Lenox is For All Seasons, 1996-1997. Lenox, Massachusetts: Lenox Chamber of Commerce, n.d.
• Totant
• Tramount. Hayward, John. The New England Gazetteer. 4th Edition. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1997
• Tremont. Lenox is For All Seasons, 1996-1997. Lenox, Massachusetts: Lenox Chamber of Commerce, n.d.
• Trimountain. Lenox is For All Seasons, 1996-1997. Lenox, Massachusetts: Lenox Chamber of Commerce, n.d.
• Trimountaine. Hampden County, Massachusetts Cemeteries. http:www.rootsweb.com/mahampde/cem_oth.htm
• Wahstoronòn:ke
• Wastok . Beauchamp, William M. Aboriginal Place Names of New York. New York State Museum. Bulletin 108, Archeology 12. 31-Dec-1907. NY State Education Department.

Trips:

• October 15-24, 2018
• October 15, 2018-Arrived in Boston
• October 16, 2018-Boston Common, Boston African Freedom Trail
• October 17, 2018-First half of the Freedom Trail
• October 18, 2018-Go to cousin in Canton, Connecticut
• October 19, 2018-Return to Boston via Old Sturbridge Village
• October 20, 2018-Finish Freedom Trail
• October 21, 2018-See Anna in Jamacian Flat, see March of the Ducklings
• October 22, 2018-JFK Library and Museum and Harvard
• October 23, 2018-Sick
• October 24, 2018-Returned to California

References:

• Wikipedia
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Places: MA-Boston Common

Boston Common-26' (Boston South) (42.3550975, -71.0656067)

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Description:

From GNIS:

• The first public park in America was Boston Common, set aside in 1634 as a 'playce for a trayning field... and for the feeding of Cattell' (MA-T36/p6). The first papal mass in the US was held here, on the same grounds that the British army mustered for Concord and Lexington

Trips:

• October 15-24, 2018
• October 16, 2018-Boston Common, Boston African Heritage Trail
• October 17, 2018-First half of the Freedom Trail
• October 21, 2018-See Anna in Jamacian Flat, see March of the Ducklings

References:

• Wikipedia
• The Friends of the Boston Common
• City of Boston, includes a map
• Freedom Trail
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Places: MA-Boston African Meeting House

Boston African Meeting House-39' (Boston South) (42.3600974,  -71.0658845)

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Description:

From GNIS:

• This is the oldest black church building still standing in the US. It was completed in 1806 and dedicated in December of the same year. It was constructed entirely by black labor. The house was used as a school beginning in 1808 and it also became a place for celebrations and political and antislavery meetings. It was remodeled in the 1850's by the black community and then again at the end of the 19th century when the building was sold to a Jewish congregation for use as a synagogue
• Rushing, Byron & Staff of the Museum of Afro-American History. Black Heritage Trail. National Park Service. A brochure which describes the trail which explores the history of Boston's 19th century black community.
• Also Called:
• Black Faneuil Hall-Insight Guide: Boston. Maspeth, New York: Langenscheidt, 2000.
• Museum of African-American History: Kaufman, Polly Welts, et al. Boston Women's Heritage Trail: Four Centuries of Boston Women. Gloucester, Massachusetts: The Curious Traveller Press, 1991.

Trips:

• October 16, 2018-Boston Common, Boston African Heritage Trail

References:

• Museum of African American History
• National park Service
• Wikipedia
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
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Places: DC-National Zoo

 

 

 

National Zoo-112' (Washington West) (38.9295556 , -77.0496994)

Formal name: Smithsonian National Zoological Park

3001 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008

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Description:


Trips:

• March 27, 2023 - Our visit
  

References:

• Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute
• Wikipedia
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Places: DC-Washington Monument

 

 

 

 

Washington Monument-26' (Washington West) (38.8886517, -77.0354658)

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Description:

We did not get up into the monument. But it is hard to escape its vieew from most places in DC.

Trips:

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References:

• NPS
• Wikipedia
• Washington DC tourist site
• National Park Foundation
• Library of Congress - Site Plan
  
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  March 21, 2023 - From the Capitol
  

  
  

  

  March 23, 2023
  

  
  

Places: DC-World War I Memorial

 

 

World War I Memorial-16' (Washington West) (38.8959327, -77.0328604)

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Description:
This is a recent memorial, which seems strange, since World War I was fought over a hundred years ago. It was dedicated in April 2021. It is built on what was known as Pershing Square. What grabs me is the depiction of the mural which is being created. It shows the Everyman aspect of the War. From the time a soldier leaves home to when he returned back. The mural reflects off of the pond. 

There is many aspects which reflect how the Vietnam Memorial affect people There is the starkness and simpleness of the memorial, giving a person time to reflect about the war and the consequences of it.

Trips:

• March 24, 2023 - Visited the White House Visitor Center and the Museum of American History. But we found several other areas of interest along the way.

References:

• NPS
• Quotes at the Memorial
   
• American Battle Monuments Commission
  
• Wikipedia
• Washington DC tourist site
• World War I Centennial Commission
  
• US Customs and Immigration test
  
• Smithsonian magazine
• Library of Congress
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  March 24, 2023 - Pershing Statue
  

  
  

  

  March 23, 2023 - Everyman Mural
  

  
  

  

  March 23, 2023 - Pan of the plaza
  

  
  

  

  March 23, 2023 - World War I Everyman Mural
  

  
  

Places: DC-World War II Memorial

 World War II Memorial-0' (Washington West) (38.8892392, -77.0403759)

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Description:

This was our first memorial in DC. It affected me a lot more than I thought it would be. Maybe because this was my parents war. But just being there made me realize the doubt which I have to their generation.

The memorial is laid out in two halfs. One half lays out the battles in the Atlantic; the other in the Pacific.  The whole plaza is surrounded by the flags of the states. In the middle is a fountain. On the far site of the plaza is a small water fall, looking like it comes from the Lincoln Reflection Pool-but it does not. 

A memorial well worth going, if for no other reason to honor those who have fallen.

Trips:

• March 21, 2023 - Initial walk around the National Mall
  

References:

• NPS
• Wikipedia
• Washington DC tourist site
• National Park Foundation
• Friends of the World War II Memorial
• DC by Foot
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  March 21, 2023
  

  
  

  

  March 21, 2023 - Entrance
  

  
  

  

  March 21, 2023 - California's wreath
  

  
  

Places: VI-Military Women’s Memorial

 

 

 

Military Women’s Memorial-___' (Quad) (38.880556, -77.066667)

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Description:


Trips:

• March 25, 2023-We did not spend much time here. Only went in, used the bathrooms and saw the WAVE exhibit.
  

References:

• Military Women's Memorial
• Wikipedia
• Arlington tourist site
• Department of Defense
  
• Facebook
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  March 25, 2023 - The Museum building
  

  
  

  

  March 25, 2023 -Hall of Flags
  

  
  

  

  March 25, 2023 -WAVE Exhibit