Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Boston: Where Everybody Knows Your Name



This is the place you wanna go where everybody knows your name. Boston, Mass! Where history is made. Home of the Boston Tea Party. Boston is also famous for the Revolutionary War, the Boston Massacre, Fenway Park, The Boston Marathon, WGBH, Samuel Adams, and much more. It's even known for the bar from Cheers.

The first thing I wanna do when visiting Boston for the first time is to visit the Museum of Fine Arts.



This attraction includes a collection of Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Oceania, the ancient world, contemporary arts, photography, prints and drawings, musical instruments, textiles and fashion arts, jewelry, conservation and collections management, provenances, libraries and archives, publications, MFA images, and other collections.


If you look inside the fine arts museum in Boston, you can see some impressionist art and Egyptian treasures.







The next attraction in Boston where I wanna see is the Boston Tea Party Ships.





The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum is an educational, entertaining and enlightening adventure you just can't miss while in Boston. People can journey back in time to December 16, 1773, when the colonists marched onboard the tea ships docked in Griffin's Wharf.

My mom would like to learn about the Boston Tea Party and where it happened in 1773. My family would love to see what this reenactment of the tea party looks like when we visit.

There are five things that the tea party ship and museum does.


1. A fully guided experience by costumed interpreters.

2. Tour 18th Century replica (restored) vessel.

3. Dump the tea into the sea!

4. Robinson Tea Chest: The only known surviving tea chest from the Boston Tea Party.

5. Explore our open air deck and full-scale replica 18th century sailing vessels


So when we visit Boston, I wanna check out the Boston Tea Party and go tour the 18th century. So man overboard!




Next up is the Bunker Hill Monument, where the revolutionary war battle was fought in 1775. As William Prescott said in this famous historical quote, "Hold your fire til you see the whites of their eyes!"




Then after that, it's the Paul Revere house. This is where he lived in that house during the Revolutionary war.


This house was built in 1680 and it was the colonial home of American patriot Paul Revere during the time of the American Revolution.

You know the phrase, "The British are coming! The British are coming!"

This is where we can meet colonial reenactors, watch colonial craft demonstrations, hear concerts of early American music, enjoy family activities and special tours.


My family and I can learn about Paul Revere, his revolutionary acts, his family, and his business ventures. Learn about what really happened on the evening of April 18, 1775, and discover the true story of Paul Revere’s legendary midnight ride.


Now here's something about Paul Revere's early life.


Born in Boston’s North End on December 21, 1734, Paul Revere was the son of Apollos Rivoire, a French Huguenot (Protestant) immigrant, and Deborah Hichborn, daughter of a local artisan family. Rivoire, born in France in 1702, changed his name to Paul Revere some time after immigrating. He was a goldsmith and eventually the head of a large household. Paul Revere was their third child and eldest surviving son.

Paul Revere was baptized on December 22, 1734, at the “New Brick” Congregational Church in Boston. Regarding the sometimes confusing and conflicting dates for his first days, his birth and baptismal dates used here are in the “Old Style” uncorrected calendar in use in the British Empire until 1752. When translated into the “New Style” or modern calendar, this date becomes January 2, 1735, and Revere’s birth date then is recorded as January 1, 1735.
Paul Revere’s place of birth is unknown. In 1730, Paul Revere’s father moved his home and shop from Dock Square, near the center of Boston, into rented quarters in the North End, “over against Colonel Hutchinson,” as recorded in a newspaper advertisement. At that time Colonel Hutchinson lived in a house on the south side of North (today’s Hanover) Street near the New North (now St. Stephen’s) Church. The Reveres probably lived quite near this dwelling, perhaps on the opposite side of the street, on or near the corner of present-day Tileston and Hanover Streets.

Paul was educated at the North Writing School and learned the art of gold and silversmithing in his father’s shop. When Paul was nineteen (and nearly finished with his apprenticeship) his father died, leaving Paul as the family’s main source of income. Two years later, in 1756, Revere was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Massachusetts artillery, and sent to fight the French in upstate New York. When he returned in the Fall of 1756 he began in earnest to build the family silver business.

In August, 1757, Revere married Sarah Orne. Together, they had eight children. Soon after Sarah’s death in 1773, Revere married Rachel Walker with whom he also had eight children.

In his biography, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “Paul Revere’s Ride,” written in 1860 and published in 1861 in the Atlantic Monthly, transformed Paul Revere from a relatively obscure, although locally known, figure into a national folk hero. As a result, most people know him only for his famous ride to Lexington on the night of April 18-19, 1775. Revere’s life, however, was a long and productive one, involving industry, politics, and community service.


This is where the British fired in the early dawn and the War of Independence have began. This die was cast and the rebel flag was unfurled.

This is what it looks like.



The next one I wanna go to is the Freedom Trail. My mom would suggest that on my first visit.


What is the Freedom Trail, you ask? It's a 2.5-mile-long path through downtown Boston, Massachusetts, that passes by 16 locations significant to the history of the United States. Marked largely with brick, it winds between Boston Common to the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown.

Every step tells a story about it. The North End Tours highlight official Freedom Trail historic sites such as Faneuil Hall, Paul Revere House, Old North Church, and Copp’s Hill Burying Ground, and other historic places in Boston’s oldest neighborhood. All Freedom Trail tours led by 18th-century costumed guides are excellent for families, school field trips, corporate team building, incentives, and convention activities. These tours can be customized to fit your group's schedule and are available year round.











It's got the Freedom Trail Preservation. Boston's iconic 2.5 mile-Freedom Trail connects 16 nationally significant historic sites, each one an authentic treasure. Thanks to preservation efforts, these cultural assets are still intact, which makes Boston truly unique as one of the few places in America to experience the actual sites and learn the history they tell while walking through modern city streets.

The Freedom Trail is also famous for its historical graves of the Founding Fathers.



But if you don't give us our freedom now, you might wanna see some fireworks.

POW!


I wanna see other museums in Boston, like the children's museum where the Arthur exhibition is presented, the science museum, and the New England aquarium.





For a special outing when we go out for dinner, I wanna consider trying out Cheers. The restaurant and bar where it was established since 1895.


And sometimes you really wanna go where everybody knows your name. You know, like the song says in the lyrics. good thing about this place is that the TV show is filmed here.

Fact: The Boston bar that inspired the TV series “Cheers” was originally named the Bull and Finch Pub, and was actually established in 1969. The Boston pub that inspired the fictional bar in the NBC sitcom, Cheers, is actually a real neighborhood institution that has been serving its Beacon Hill environs for over 45 years.


If we can go there for dinner, I might enjoy it there for the first time around.

The location for that place is originally at 84 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02108.

You’ve seen the TV Show. You know and love the characters. Now we can experience the Boston pub that inspired it all – Cheers on Beacon Hill. Cheers was previously known as the Bull & Finch Pub. This really is the place where everybody knows your name.



Now here's some more facts about Boston in TV, film, and anything else.

First off, there's a PBS show that I know watching on public television when I was a kid. And that was Arthur. That show has inspired me on many valuable lessons in this show. That friendly aardvark will always be there with us in all of our hearts, thanks to his creator Marc Brown.


Second, there was an interactive show that aired on WGBH. You know the address.

Box 350
Boston, MA
02134

So come on and 



I remember watching that show, and it was incredible and innovative for everyone to watch on TV. So the next time I wanna come up with an idea of my own, then I can send it to ZOOM.


One of the films that was set in Boston was a biographical drama based on the memoir of the same name by Jeff Bauman and Bret Witter. It follows Bauman, who loses his legs in the Boston Marathon bombings and must adjust to his new life. The title is 'Stronger' starring the role of Jake Gyllenhaal, because strength defines us in this inspiring true story.



There's also a beer that's at a brewery company called Sam Adams. Inspired by the historical man Samuel Adams. The Boston lager that started it all. Plus, there's this brewery tour of the lager that is located there.




So now you know what Boston is in the state of Massachusetts. And since it would be my first time to visit Boston, maybe we can have fun there. I can even make a video about it on my YouTube show. Heck, my bee puppet would appreciate that. As long as I'm really careful with carrying it or holding it with me in a secure place. Buzzy the Bee would love to visit Boston.

So when we visit Boston for the first time that comes, we will know that people are all the same. And we wanna be where everybody knows your name.





Cheers!