Freedom by the Bay: The Boston Freedom Trail. "Walking the Freedom Trail: Some lessons from Iraq". "Freedom Trail is fading: Consultant says route past city's historic sites needs overhaul to draw tourists". Boston's Freedom Trail, Trace the Path of American History (Guidebook). The Complete Guide to Boston's Freedom Trail (Guidebook) (3rd ed.). The Freedom Trail is a part of many fictional pieces of media, such as Fallout 4, which requires players to walk along the Freedom Trail to find the Railroad faction. The Boston Irish Famine Memorial is also located along the Freedom Trail. The Black Heritage Trail crosses the Freedom Trail between the Massachusetts State House and Park Street Church.
Boston Latin School Site/ Statue of Benjamin Franklin. King's Chapel and King's Chapel Burying Ground. The official trail sites are (generally from south-to-north): Some observers have noted the tendency of the Freedom Trail's narrative frame to omit certain historical locations, such as the sites of the Boston Tea Party and the Liberty Tree. The National Park Service operates a visitor's center on the first floor of Faneuil Hall, where they offer tours, provide free maps of the Freedom Trail and other historic sites, and sell books about Boston and United States history. By 1953, 40,000 people were walking the trail annually. Boston mayor John Hynes decided to put Schofield's idea into action. The Freedom Trail was conceived by local journalist William Schofield, who in 1951 suggested building a pedestrian trail to link important local landmarks. The Freedom Trail is overseen by the City of Boston's Freedom Trail Commission and is supported in part by grants from various nonprofits and foundations, private philanthropy, and Boston National Historical Park. While most of the sites are free or suggest donations, the Old South Meeting House, the Old State House, and the Paul Revere House charge admission. Stops along the trail include simple explanatory ground markers, graveyards, notable churches and buildings, and a historic naval frigate. Marked largely with brick, it winds from Boston Common in downtown Boston through the North End to the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown. The Freedom Trail is a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km) path through Boston, Massachusetts, that passes by 16 locations significant to the history of the United States.
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