Aug 2006 - Boston
This was a great 2.5-day trip up to Boston. MIT/Harvard, Boston Temple, Trinity Church, Freedom Trail, Lexington, Adams' House, Plymouth.
This was a great 2.5-day trip up to Boston. MIT/Harvard, Boston Temple, Trinity Church, Freedom Trail, Lexington, Adams' House, Plymouth.
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| MIT! If nerds had mecca, this would be it | The EE/CS building looks like something out of Six Flag's | Some church |
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| Boston LDS Temple | Trinity Church. I love it! | |
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| Inside Trinity. Kindof dark... | ||
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| Amazing! | Some church | |
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| Now we start the Freedom Trail! | Park Street church | An Old graveyard with people who died in the 1600's! |
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| Inside of the King's Church. During the Revolutionary War this church was empty (for reasons that can be assumed from the name) | The Old City Hall. Now office buildings it seems | Faneuil Hall is where lots of meetings encouraging the revolution were held |
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| Paul Revere's house | Paul Revere | |
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| Inside the Old North church | Here Paul Revere hung the lantern to signal approach of the British troops. "One if by land, and two if by sea" | Bunker hill was closed:-( |
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| The USS Constitution | Me captaining (is that a word?) "Old Ironsides" | When I get my ship it will have cannons |
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| A destroyer right across from the Constitution | yay! | |
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| Lexington | ||
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| John Adams' house in Quincy | John Adams' tomb | His garden |
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| Mayflower replica at Plymouth |