Pub In The Park

When touring the Northeastern United States many people are drawn to Boston. Especially if they have a taste for United States history. Boston is one of the oldest cities in America, founded by Puritans in 1630 when they settled the Shawmut Peninsula. Boston also played the backdrop for pivotal moments in the history of America and birth of the United States in the 18th century including the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party, as well as, Battle of Bunker Hill and the Siege of Boston during the American Revolution . Through it’s history it’s accumulated family run businesses and buildings that are some of the oldest in America.

Many of this city’s oldest sites are featured on the Freedom Trail. The Freedom Trail is a red path winding through downtown Boston that leads to 16 historically significant sites. Starting at the Boston Common the trail leads you to the Massachusetts State House, Park Street Church, Granary Burying Ground, King’s Chapel, King’s Chapel Burying Ground, Benjamin Franklin statue and former site of the Boston Latin School, Old Corner Bookstore, Old South Meeting House, Old State House, the site of the Boston Massacre, Faneuil Hall, Paul Revere House, Old North Church, Copp’s Hill Burying Ground, USS Constitution, and finally the Bunker Hill Monument. That is a lot of history along a path that is, though meandering, less than three(3) miles long.

Located on the Freedom Trail, though not a site featured on it, is the Omni Parker House. This is the oldest inn in Boston and the longest operating hotel in the United States. Built in 1855 by Harvey Parker, the hotel was host to the Saturday Club which featured literary figures such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Henry David Thoreau, Charles Dickens and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Even baseball greats including the likes of Babe Ruth and Ted Williams dined here. John F. Kennedy even announced his candidacy for Congress in this Boston hotel ‘s Press Room.

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