Tuesday Photo Challenge: History – Freedom Trail, Boston, MA
“I thought about what might be meaningful about this week to a number of readers and as it was Canada Day this past Saturday (Happy 150th birthday!) and it is Independence Day in the United States today, I thought why not go for History as a theme?” – Frank
We went to Boston, Massachusetts in 2004. It was a very cold year on the East Coast. We stayed in a hotel overlooking a frozen river. We followed the Red Brick Road to see the Wizard! No, not really! We followed the Red Brick Freedom Trail to see some historic sites. 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.
We drove around to visit other parts of the city also.
USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy, named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America. She is the world’s oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat.
USS Cassin Young (DD-793) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the U.S. Navy named for Captain Cassin Young (1894–1942), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism at the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and who was killed in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942.
The Mayflower arrived in Plymouth Harbor in 1620, but on November 11, 1620, the Pilgrims made the first stop and came ashore on land that is now in Provincetown on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Many towns have signs denoted the year of establishment. Some houses, along with the house numbers, the years built are also listed.
The Showers of Blessings 
! Too much of a dependable thing… I choose a slight lemon over butter with my lobster
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Yes, we should have done that. Thank you!
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Wow! What an incredible trip! I would love to see where the Mayflower landed. Also, to see the USS Constitution would be such an amazing experience!
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Yes, we were amazed of what we saw and the landmarks dated back to the Mayflower. It was a privileged experience!
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Yes it was!
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Lovely. That destroyer looks menacing on such a gray day!
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Yes, we didn’t see the sun on our whole trip, but at least got a few photos to remember that we were there!
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Thank you, Frank!
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Wonderful choice to select the Freedom Trail; I know it well, as it is fairly close to where we live and a very interesting route to take through Boston, as it is filled with history, some of which may surprise.
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Yes, we walked through the route and stopped long at certain sites. We ate two lobsters a day, until one day, we dipped the lobster in the butter. Too much butter, it made us sick. After we got home, we didn’t eat lobster for a long time!!
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Too much of a good thing… I prefer a little lemon over butter with my lobster
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I think they served lemon, we didn’t use it, I guess. Too much of butter only made us sick… We started eating lobster a couple years ago…Took a long time to recover!
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Nice history post.. specifically like the photo of “USS Cassin Young” could you visit inside?
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We went on the deck and had some pictures taken by the guns. I can’t remember why we didn’t go inside. Maybe it was a tour and we didn’t take the tour.
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I added a couple deck photos with guns.
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Thank you Miriam, looks great with the big guns! 🙂
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You’re welcome!!
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That’s a nice, easy to read article, but very informative too. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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You’re welcome!
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