I had hit the proverbial wall in Skegness, England. Not surprising after 85 days in divers beds, so I woke up and checked out with a day to go on my booking. Train to Gatwick for the night, missing I later found out, one of the oldest pubs in England less than a mile from my hotel. The late arrival into Beantown and a couple hours to get to family, I decided to visit the city where I was born like a tourist.
I think I might have been near one of the law schools when I saw this photo of RBG.
South Meeting House where, in 1773, a few men gathered to have a party, using a lot of tea.
The Freedom Trail makes it easy even for a bedraggled, tired old man to not get lost seeing most of the Revolution era places of note. And some famous likenesses. Sam Adams, the inventor of beer, the longest serving mayor, Kevin White who, when he opened his mouth, could never be mistaken for anything but a Beaner. I had the honor to meet His Honor once. His greeting was “Welcome, the great Shitty (City in English) of Bawston.” And a standing and sitting James Michael Curley an earlier mayor. The glass structure is part of the New England Holocaust Memorial.
After drinking in pubs older than America, these newbies are Boston classics
World boxing champ, . Tony De Marco “The Flame and Fury of Fleet Street,” & Paul Revere
I knew it was near, just had to follow my nose to the best pizza in the world. Pound it NYC, and stuff it Chicago. Until the hot oil runs down your arm as you roll the slice for the first eye closing bite, you’ve not had pizza. Regina’s. Now shut it.
The hallowed Boston Garden and the bridge named after Boston area leader and civil rights activist Leonard Zakim.
The USS Constitution, Old Ironsides was launched in 1797
Memorial to those who died in the Korean War
On June 17, 1775, New England soldiers faced the British army for the first time in a pitched battle. The Redcoats technically won but at a high price. The Bunker Hill monument is infamously not on Bunker Hill. It is Breed’s Hill.
William Prescott was in charge of the Boston troops
Dr. Joseph Warren, had originally planned on fortifying Bunker Hill But the lower Breed’s gave the Yanks a slight advantage. The doctor was killed.
This is what 294 steps get you.
I love murals but not so much poorly spelled street names!
And as duck set I headed back by the Boston Commons.
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