Freedom Trail

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The Freedom Trail is a red (mostly brick) path through downtown Boston, Massachusetts which leads to sixteen significant historic sites. It is a 2.5 mile (4 km) walk from the Boston Common to the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown and is popular with tourists. Part of the Freedom Trail overlaps with the much longer Boston Harbor Walk. The Freedom Trail is a unit of Boston National Historical Park.

[edit] The Sixteen Official Freedom Trail sites

1. Boston Common
2. Massachusetts State House
3. Park Street Church
4. Granary Burying Ground
5. King's Chapel
6. King's Chapel Burying Ground
7. Benjamin Franklin statue and site of the first public school
8. Old Corner Bookstore
9. Old South Meeting House
10. Old State House
11. Site of the Boston Massacre
12. Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market
13. Paul Revere House
14. Old North Church
15. USS Constitution
16. Bunker Hill Monument

The Freedom Trail Foundation has added two further sites since its inception. The Black Heritage Trail crosses the Freedom Trail between Massachusetts State House and Park Street Church. Copp's Hill burying ground comes immediately after Old North Church.

[edit] See also

• Robert Gould Shaw
• Boston By Foot - guided tours

[edit] External links

• The Black Heritage Trail
• Boston National Historic Park
• The Boston Harbor Walk.
• TheFreedomTrail.org