Boston Freedom Trail
Stop 13-Old North Church
Old North Church is where the lanterns were hung to signal the beginning of Paul Revere's ride. Here is a Paul Revere statue.
We didn't go in the church, we just kept walking. We had been in a few churches already!
This part of the walk was our really rainy part. Luckily, we had our umbrellas so we were fine!
Looking back at the Old North Church
Stop 14: Copp's Hill Burying Ground
Copp's Hill was Boston's largest colonial burying grounds dating from 1659. Because of it's height and location overlooking Boston Harbor, the British used the burying ground to aim their cannons on Charlestown during the Battle of Bunker Hill.
One thing we found different between where we live and the east coast was the number of cemeteries we saw. It seemed like they were everywhere! It makes sense though. They have had 200+ more years of burying people than we have. More cemeteries would be needed indeed!
The kids liked that tiny little house you can see behind the burying grounds.
Copp's burying ground was our last stop before we took quite a long walk across the Charles River for our last 2 stops on the trail.
We crossed the river into Charlestown. The houses here were so pretty!!!
Charlestown is the oldest neighborhood of Boston and was founded in 1629 and named after King Charles I.
They had a monument here for the men who died during the Revolutionary War. I presume the men were from this general area.
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