A whole lot of other American history, too. In fact, I'm going to go see some of it. Come along, won't you?
We begin our tour at the edge of the Boston Public Garden, on the Haffenreffer Walk. This is the same garden that features in the book Taking Care of Terrific by Lois Lowry, and also in the picture book Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey.
Who's that off in the distance?
It's General Washington!
And this is a statue of Edward Everett Hale, famous literary guy.
He was pretty tall.
From here I walked across to Boston Common. You can see the Massachusetts State House from here, with its golden dome.
Not far from the State House is a graveyard called the Granary Burying Ground. Some of the graves date back to the 1600s. Many of them are tipped way over, like this memorial marker.
Here's the gravestone of Mary Goose, who died in 1690. Some people think she is the lady for whom the Mother Goose nursery rhymes are named. As you can probably tell, it's considered good luck to put pennies on her grave.
Here I am outside King's Chapel.
And here's the inside of King's Chapel, with its mighty mighty organ.
This marker, laid into the pavement, commemorates the first public school in the United States.
It also makes a pretty good hopscotch course.
Just outside the Old City Hall there is a statue of Ben Franklin.
There's also a bronze donkey statue.
I tried to get him to give me a ride, but he was having none of it.
This is a sad little monument to the many people who perished in the Irish potato famine. Of those who survived, many came to the United States for a chance at a new and better life.
My hostess said, "If they're that hungry, they should think about catching those pigeons." That's not very nice, hostess!
Here's a site of great renown in Boston: the Old South Meeting House.
Something very interesting happened here in 1773.
A whole bunch of local guys, angry about their taxes, dumped a whole lot of tea into the harbor. I guess there wasn't much else to do on a Thursday night back then.
Actually, a lot of interesting things happened here.
But here's my favorite place at Old South... it's where they keep the goodies.
Look, treats!
I wanted some Boston baked bean candies, but my hostess said no.
Instead we moved on to the Old State House.
This is near the place where the Boston Massacre happened.
There is a statue of Samuel Adams near here, looking pretty stern.
I can look pretty stern too. Check it out.
By this point I was getting pretty hungry, so we passed Faneuil Hall (which was being worked on) and went to the oldest continuously operated restaurant in the United States to get a cup of clam chowder.
Then we went into Paul Revere's house. It's really interesting inside, and it has one of the biggest fireplaces I've ever seen.
Please give generously, won't you?
We walked on until we found the Old North Church. This is the place where they hung up the lanterns to let Paul Revere, William Dawes and other alarm riders know which way the British Army was coming, so they could warn the colonists.
In the courtyard is this little statue of St. Francis of Assisi, who seems rather sad that he's lost one hand and a whole lot of fingers.
Here's the inside of the Old North Church.
Paul Revere shows up everywhere!
Outside the Old North Church, there was a little building that is now a gift shop. Two lion dogs were guarding the front door.
They weren't as mean as they looked.
This is the Copp's Hill graveyard. It's very close to the place where they had the tidal wave of molasses in 1919.
This is Mike's Pastry, home of many delicious treats.
I am so ready for some pastry.
MMMMM CHOCOLATE CANNOLI!
*urp* Delicious.
My compliments to the chef.
So these were my adventures in Boston. Pretty amazing!
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