The Freedom Trail is a 2.5 mile historical
route through Boston marked by a red line
and brick path.
It winds through the city covering 16 historic
sites from America's colonial past and two
and a half centuries of American History.
The trail starts at Boston Common, a 50-acre
park which is America's oldest park.
Cattle grazed there up until 1830, and until
1817 the park was the site of public hangings.
The trail then heads north where it visits
the site of the Boston Massacre, which got
its name from patriots like Samuel Adams,
who used the word to describe a riot between
the colonists and British soldiers in 1770.
The trail continues on to other sites including
the Old State House, Fanueil Hall, and the
Paul Revere House.
The Paul Revere House is the oldest building
in Boston and was the home of Paul Revere
from 1770 to 1800.
The trail ends at the Bunker Hill Monument
on Breed Hill in Charlestown, the site of
the first major battle of the Revolution.
Maps for the Freedom Trail can be downloaded
online so you can easily do the tour on foot
without a guide.
But there are also lots of official and unofficial
tour guides who take visitors to the 16 exhibits
by foot or trolley every day of the year.
