"The Firestorm that Led to American... " a Boston Travel Page by Hopkid

Boston is probably most well-known as the centerpoint in the movement for independence of the American Colonies from the British. What with the Boston Tea Party (1774), the Boston Massacre and the Shot Heard 'Round the World (1775), Paul Revere's nighttime ride warning of the advance of British troops on Concord and Lexington (1775), and being the home of many famous American partiots of the time (e.g., Samuel and John Adams, John Hancock, and the aforementioned Revere), Boston certainly played its part in the fight for independence. Today these events are collectively celebrated on Partriot's Day, held on the third Monday of April on which the Boston Marathon is also held as well as an early morning start to a Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park.

Boston was also the center in New England of a slave abolition movement and many homes in the Beacon Hill area served as stations along the Underground Railroad, a euphenism for a series of safe-homes on a route that brought runaway slaves from the South to the North in the mid-19th century.

Today Boston is a city with lots of history to explore and experience. It also has a diverse series of neighborhoods with distinct charaters and personalities. It is very easy to get around due to their rail system which is simply known as "The T" but is a terror to drive in due to the well-deserved reputation of Boston drivers as reckless and crazy. I think even drivers from Rome would be scared to take on Boston drivers. Still, Boson has a lot of charm and lots to see, eat, and do. Our tips here are from a weekend trip we made to visit a friend of ours doing his residency at Beth Israel Medical Center.

This is currently a work in progress but I have plans for some tips here...keep checking back!

The craziness of the Haymarket, a Boston institution.

You can't go far without some hint of colonial Boston.