One of the most significant sites on the Freedom Trail, the Old South Meeting House has hosted many historic events and personages over the past 286 years. If you’re a fan of that history, or
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The nation was abuzz this past December when news broke of the discovery of one of the oldest American time capsules on record. Unearthed in a cornerstone of the Massachusetts State House during
There’s more to the Freedom Trail Foundation’s Freedom Trail Players (refer to listing, page 46) than telling tales of Boston’s famed Colonial era-sites. During the yuletide season, visito
Heartwarming holiday tales don’t often begin with tragic explosions, but in the instance of how the official City of Boston Christmas tree came to us from Nova Scotia, that is exactly the case.The s
Here’s a situation you don’t come across too often: a story behind a statue that is more interesting than the person whom the statue honors.
Paul Revere House (19 North Square, 617-523-2338, paulreverehouse.org, pictured): The oldest standing residence in Boston, this historic home was built around 1680 and was home to its namesake a
Taking the Mystery Out of Boston History
Listen, Panorama readers, and you shall hear, Of the house and the ride of Paul Revere. As the oldest surviving residence in Boston, 19 North Square is a modest home with a not-so-modest tale. I