On a recent Saturday, two Freedom Trail Foundation guides, dressed in androgynous 18th-century garb, recounted the story of Jemima Wilkinson. She was a Rhode Island–born preacher who, after a grave ...
A painted section of the historic Boston Freedom Trail in Downtown Crossing (Shown in photo), seen in 2014. Credit - Essdras M Suarez—The Boston Globe via Getty Images It’s summertime, which calls to ...
Every city has its figurative Statue of Liberty—those landmarks visited by plenty of tourists, but that locals seldom (if ever) get around to experiencing themselves. In Boston, it’s the Freedom Trail ...
The best way to learn history is to walk through history. Photo Credit: Catherine Parker\ If you have one day, that's OK. Sometimes, seeing it in one day is better than skipping it. After traveling ...
It’s summertime, which calls to mind the perennial question for parents: where can we take the kids on vacation and learn something along the way? That question sustains our nation’s massive heritage ...