Overlooking the church from the Copp's Hill Burial Ground, a former
British garrison and cannon site, you can still see where Redcoat
musket practice has left deep pock marks on several Colonial
headstones. From this high ground, the British fired flaming
cannonballs towards Charlestown, setting the homes afire during the
Battle of Bunker Hill.

Follow the path of those cannonballs across the Charles River to the
granite obelisk atop Bunker Hill. At the crest of this hill on the night of
June 16, 1775, two months after the battle at Concord, the Minutemen
secretly dug an earthen fort. The following day, in an afternoon battle,
they inflicted devastating casualties on what was at the time the
best-trained and best-equipped army in the world. Although the 2,000
British soldiers eventually took the hill, the Patriots put half the
attackers out of action. While suffering only 400 casualties
themselves, the Rebels caused British General Gage to privately
lament, "The loss we have sustained is greater than we can bear."

At the base of Bunker Hill, the Charlestown Navy Yard berths the
oldest active commissioned warship in the world, the USS
Constitution. During a sea battle in the War of 1812, the
square-rigger, built in 1797, took on the name "Old Ironsides" when
astounded British gunners saw their cannonballs bouncing off the
thick planks of Georgia Live Oak that lined the hull.

Back to Boston on the trail, nearing your sixth mile, the last and most
poignant stop should be the Granary Burial Ground, final resting place
of Samuel Adams, Robert Treat Paine and John Hancock, three
Boston Patriots who signed the Declaration of Independence.
Sharing the burial ground are five victims of the Boston Massacre,
including Crispus Attucks, the first black man killed in the Revolution.

After a day on the trail you are sure to be hungry. Near the Old State
House you can find gourmet eats with an incredible harbor view from
the 33rd floor of 60 State Street at The Bay Tower Restaurant,
consistently rated tops in romantic dining.
In Chinatown, near the Theater District, crowded local favorite China
Pearl offers dim sum, or take in sophisticated Chinese-American at
P. F. Chang's China Bistro. Nearby, go elegant at the Four Seasons
Hotel's Aujourd'Hui or their Bristol Lounge serving French and
American cuisine along with their popular afternoon English tea.

Walking Boston
Walking Boston
     Boston is a walkable city and one in which the history lover can park the car in the Boston Common
Garage and walk the cobble streets in the footsteps of Paul Revere, John Hancock, and Samuel Adams on
the freedom Trail.
. In Boston you can follow the red brick markers through neighborhoods that saw colonist rebel against
British rule  while forging a new nation.  The nation's first heroes fought on the streets of Boston during
America's Revolutionary War.
With two walks in Boston you can cover the city. Walk east and trace the footsteps of the famous patriots
along the Freedom Trail. Walk west and follow the paths of Boston's famous artists.

Boston Walk #1: The Footsteps of Famous Patriots
  Start in Boston Common, the country's oldest public park, where you can follow costumed actors as they
relate tales about Puritan Boston.
"If a man kissed his wife in public on Sunday, he would be put in the stocks right here on the Common."
Says an actor playing the part of  Patriot James Otis as he guides visitors on the three-mile Freedom Trail
to 11 places significant in Boston's history.
First stop: the Old South Meeting House, where on December 16, 1773, 5,000 Colonists rallied to protest
England's tax on tea. Fired up by oratory and feeling the spunk of rebellion, 168 men in Native American garb
stormed down to the docks and boarded three English cargo ships loaded with tea. Determined to prevent
the cargo from entering the port, the rebels smashed open 342 chests of tea and hurled it into the salty waters
of Boston Harbor.

Hardly amused at the loss of what would today be over a million dollars worth of tea, the British blockaded the
harbor, forbade public gatherings and sent an army to occupy the city.

From the Meeting House, the trail leads past the Old State House, skirts the circle of cobblestones where five
men fell in "The Boston Massacre" and then winds down the hill to Faneuil Hall, the "Cradle of American
Liberty." Here, in this public meeting house built in 1742, leaders Hancock, Adams, Paine and Revere stoked
the fires of independence with their oratory in cries of "Taxation without representation is tyranny."
Today, the second-story chamber
echoes with the lectures of park
rangers,  "The child liberty was born
here in 1764." Rangers retell the
events leading up to the American
Revolution in free hourly
presentations.
From Faneuil Hall, the Freedom
Trail continues to the North End and
the oldest house in Boston, the 1680
home of Paul Revere. The aroma of
coffee and freshly baked breads
from the 80 or so restaurants and
pastry shops in this lively Italian
community might coax you to stop
for cappuccino and cannolis at
Mike's Bakery on Hanover Street. Or
try a lunch of salmon piccata at
intimate G'vanni's on Prince Street.
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building on Boston Harbor
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Boston Public Gardens
Walking Boston is even
better now because Boston
has completed its long
building project and is
now better than ever as a
walking city

The highway that once cut
through the city has been
put beneath the surface
and the freed up space is
being converted to park
space.

Near this spot on the harbor colonial men in Native American garb
stormed down to the docks and boarded three English cargo ships
loaded with tea. Determined to prevent the cargo from entering the port,
the rebels smashed open 342 chests of precious Darjeeling and hurled
it into the salty waters of Boston Harbor
On the night of April 18, 1775,
Robert Newman crept up the
stairs in the Old North church
to hang two lanterns in the
steeple, a signal that 700
British soldiers were about to
escalate the tension with the
Colonists. The British boarded
barges and headed up-river
for the road to Lexington and
Concord, intent on seizing
muskets hidden by the
Minutemen. Paul Revere, sent
by the Governor to warn the
Colonial militia, galloped
toward Lexington spreading
the alarm. Later that day, a
fierce battle sent the 700
British troops scurrying in
panic back to the safety of
Boston, attacked from all sides
by 1,400 swarming Minutemen
who had rushed in from distant
settlements.
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Boat tours visit the Boston
Harbor Islands and the
distant beaches of
Provincetown
For seafood, try the venerable 1826 Union
Oyster House raw bar, just three feet from
the trail. This is where Daniel Webster
often downed mounds of Wellfleet Oysters
on the half shell.
Walk of History, Walk of Artists
Boston is a small city and therefore easily walked. Two themes can guide your walk: one a walk of the artists
who made Boston home and the other: the walk following the famous patriots who rebelled against British rule
at the onset of the revolutionary war.