Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
It’s hard to miss the Harvard Memorial Hall. The first time you see it, you’ll feel very small compared to this absolutely gargantuan building in the High Victorian Gothic Style: I went by the Memorial Hall twice actually: once in
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought in 1775 between the British Army and militia from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. The British Army with superior forces tried two times to run over Bunker Hill which had the
I was a little upset at the weather on Saturday afternoon to have stopped me from completing The Freedom Trail. On the next day – Sunday – after visiting Trinity Church and I felt my feet could still handle an
Boston’s Trinity Church was founded in 1733 and is coming to 280 years old, and is honored as one of the United States’ ten most significant buildings and a national historic landmark. The church is located at Copley Square and
Continuing on Newbury Street eventually led to a cross intersection with Clarendon Street, and turning left and walking about about 75m led me to the First Baptist Church along Commonwealth Avenue. I didn’t notice it was a church initially until
The Freedom Trail starts and ends on the east side of the Boston Common. On the west side is the Back Bay District, an upmarket residential and super high-class commercial area of the city. I reached the area past noon
Whenever I’m visiting a city, there’ll be two manmade types of places I’m especially interested – architectural, and aquariums! The marine tanks in the San Francisco Pier 39 Aquarium last March were pretty good though a good part of the
When someone tells me about Summer, I think about the 46°C heat I experienced in my years in Perth. It was so crazily hot that you could put an egg on a frying pan, hold it out in the sun
After crossing Charlestown Bridge, and continued walking along Chelsea Street past some really swanking looking residences, and for quite a distance until finally arriving at the Charlestown Navy Yard to visit two ships: the USS Constitution, nicknamed “Old Ironsides”, and
Past Paul Revere’s statue is the Old North Church, though the official name of Boston’s oldest surviving religious establishment dating to 1723 is really Christ Episcopal Church. The church is significant for its involvement in the American Revolution. In 1775,
The next segment of the Freedom Trail was a very long walk that took me about an hour to finish. Upon leaving the Old State House, the trail continued along Congress Street. Just further down this road is the current
Right in front of Borders was a small plaza area with status (below). I’ll need to find out what they are, but the two statues seemed to depict a happy family on the left hand side, and another suffering family
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