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 Patuxet Museums to see what life was like in the 1600s. Or experience life in the 1830s over at Old Sturbridge Village, one of the country’s oldest and largest living history museums. Walk the Freedom Trail in downtown Boston, where every step tells a story of the American Revolution or listen for the famous “shot heard round the world” on Lexington Green, where the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired. Sit where the giants of the abolitionist movement sat in the brilliantly restored African American Meeting House. Feel the hull of Old Ironsides, otherwise known as the USS Constitution.
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USS Constitution
Charlestown
Boston National Historical Park
Boston
Explore historic Boston on the Freedom Trail, a 2.5 mile walking trail stretching from the Boston Common to Bunker Hill in... more
Bunker Hill Monument
Charlestown
221-foot granite obelisk commemorates the June 17, 1775, Battle of Bunker Hill; historical talks. The monument is currently undergoing rehabilitation and it... more
Paul Revere Park
Boston
The Spirits of Charlestown
Charlestown
A 90-minute SPIRIT filled tour along the Freedom Trail through the charming gas lit streets and spooky historical sites of... more
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USS Constitution
93 Chelsea St
Charlestown
617-242-1812 - B
Boston National Historical Park
Boston National Historical Park
Boston
617-242-5601 - C
Bunker Hill Monument
43 Monument Sq.
Charlestown
617-242-5641 - D
Paul Revere Park
210 N Washington St
Boston
617-635-4505 - E
The Spirits of Charlestown
26 Prospect St
Charlestown
617 2424682
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