The Paul Revere House and the Old North Church & Historic Site, two North End sites that played pivotal roles in Paul Revere’s midnight ride 245 years ago, will commemorate Patriots’ Day a bit differently this year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these sites will celebrate virtually with videos, podcasts, and at-home activities. Revere House Read More…
Happy Presidents’ Day! With many schools closed for February vacation, The Freedom Trail Foundation has created a line up of programs to entertain the whole family! Use the list below to fill your agenda for February 18 – 24. Winter Camp at the Boston Common Frog PondFree ice skating for children and families February 18 to February 22, daily Read More…
Join the Freedom Trail Foundation’s African-American Patriots Tours on Saturdays and Sundays in February to learn about and celebrate the African-American patriots who played a vital role in the start of the American Revolution in Boston and in the formation of our country. Revolutionary figures such as Crispus Attucks, Phillis Wheatley, Prince Hall, Peter Salem Read More…
After dark lantern tours of the Freedom Trail will be offered at 7 p.m. this fall on Thursdays from September 20 through October 25, and Saturdays from October 6 through October 27. The tour will visit some of the more haunted parts of Boston’s history including the Boston Massacre site, the former Old Gaol (Old Jail), Granary Read More…
Chants of “dump the tea into the sea” echoed down the halls as Boston’s Eliot K8 Innovation School’s fifth grade students took on roles during their Freedom Trail® Foundation Scholars Program visit on Tuesday, March 7 at 11:15 a.m. at 16 Charter Street. Presented by the Freedom Trail Foundation, this interactive history program helps educate students Read More…
Chants of “dump the tea into the sea” will echo down the halls as the Boston’s Eliot K-8 Innovation School’s fifth grade students take on roles during their Freedom Trail® Foundation Scholars Program visits on Tuesday, March 7 at 11:15 a.m. at 16 Charter Street. Presented by the Freedom Trail Foundation, this interactive history program helps Read More…
Freedom Trail® Foundation announces the return of the newest tour experience, Revolutionary Women Tours throughout Women’s History Month in March! Discover the indomitable women who took part in the American Revolution, and the generations of women that followed, inaugurating their own struggles for freedom and equality. New Freedom Trail Revolutionary Women Tours invite people of Read More…