You can see, hear, feel, and sometimes even smell, the history throughout Massachusetts. Check out the very rock where the Pilgrims landed, and visit Plimoth Plantation to see what life was like in the 1600’s, before cell phones and reality TV. Walk the Freedom Trail in downtown Boston, where every step tells a story of the American Revolution. Hear the famous “shot heard round the world” on Lexington Green, where the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired. Get goose bumps sitting where giants in the abolitionist movement sat in the brilliantly restored African American Meeting House. Feel the hull of Old Ironsides, otherwise known as the USS Constitution. What did the 1830’s smell like? Apparently awesome, according to the bread they’re baking and the candles they’re dipping over at Old Sturbridge Village, one of the country’s oldest and largest living history museums.
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Four self-guided trails through America's first seaport. Call for map or pick one up at Stage Fort Park Information Center. more
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75 Eastern Point Boulevard
Gloucester
978-283-0800
Har
Gloucester
617-902-8291
27 Pleasant St
Gloucester
9782830455
Gloucester Harbor
Gloucester
978-281-8865
80 Hesperus Avenue
Gloucester
978-283-2080
23 Harbor Loop
Gloucester
978 281-0470
49 Middle Street
Gloucester
978-281-2432
820 Washington St
Gloucester
918-283-6413
Stage Fort Park Info Center
Gloucester
800-649-6839
Po Box 1306
Fitz Henry Lane House
Gloucester
978-281-8079
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