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| A sidewalk marker on The Freedom Trail |
The Freedom Trail in Boston is a walking path of about 2.5 miles through old Boston leading to sixteen historic sites. We would have walked the entire trail but the exceptionally hot weather forced us to shorten the tour. A thunderstorm rolled in a little while ago which dropped the temperature down to about 80 degrees but the rain and lightning kept us indoors for now.
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| Boston Common |
Our hotel is a block from Fenway Park. We walked about a half mile to the Kenmore Station and took the Metro to the Park Station. This put us at
Boston Common, the large public park in downtown Boston where the trail begins. When the British Army occupied Boston in 1775-1776, the troops were encamped here. Boston Common itself is worthy of a good walk in milder weather but in this heat we limited ourselves to the path leading to the Massachusetts State House.
