Places: MA-State House

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

Description : Trips : References : Pictures 


Description:

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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Pictures:

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Places: MA-Boston Common

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

Description : Trips : References : Pictures 


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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Pictures:

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