Walking in Boston on Memorial Day
May 26, 2021 08:41:51 #
Some of the sights along the Freedom Trail in Boston, Massachusetts from May 2011.
The Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Boston Common was erected in memory of the sons of the Bay State who died in the American Civil War. The female figure AMERICA sits atop a Doric column, facing south and wearing a tiara of thirteen stars.
Soldiers and Sailors Monument by Paul Sager, on Flickr
Boston Common dates to 1634 and is the oldest city park in the United States. The Common's purpose has changed over the years. During the 1630s, it was used by many families as a cow pasture. The Boston Common continued to host cows until they were formally banned in 1830.
Giant Allium
The Common was used as a camp by the British before the American Revolutionary War, from which they left for the Battle of Lexington and Concord. The true park status emerged only after the grazing of cows was ended.
Memorial Day
The Granary Burying Ground is the city of Boston's third-oldest cemetery, founded in 1660 and located on Tremont Street. It is the final resting place for many notable Revolutionary War-era patriots, including Paul Revere, the five victims of the Boston Massacre, and three signers of the Declaration of Independence: Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Robert Treat Paine.
Granary Burying Ground
The earliest Puritan graves in the New England were usually dug without planning in designated local burial grounds. Flat, tablet shaped stones made from slate were the preferred medium until marble became fashionable in the early 19th century.
Granary Burying Ground
Early Puritan headstones were low sized and wide. They were typically capped with a rounded tympanum resembling the semi-circular half stones often found above the main doorway entrances into churches. The tympanum thus has symbolic meaning, reflecting the belief that through death, the soul moves from one world into the next.
Granary Burying Ground
The Freedom Trail is a 2.5-mile-long path through downtown Boston that passes 16 locations significant to the history of the United States. Quincy Market was build in 1824–26 after commercial demand had outgrown the capacity of Faneuil Hall. Faneuil Hall is the official stop on the Freedom Trail, being the marketplace and meeting hall where speeches by Samuel Adams, James Otis, and many others encouraged independence from Great Britain.
Quincy Market dome
Paul Revere rides forever outside the Old North Church. In April 1775, Paul Revere told three Boston patriots to hang two lanterns in the church steeple. The lanterns sent a warning to Charlestown patriots across the Charles River about the movements of the British Army. "One if by land, and two if by sea." Revere left on horseback to warn towns throughout the area of the British movements that preceded the Battles of Lexington and Concord during the American Revolution.
Paul Revere
Images shared in this post were captured in RAW using an EOS XTi. New processing was performed in 2021 using Adobe Lightroom v6.
Boston Harbor
Details on the exposure and lenses are provided in the EXIF data from Flickr, just use the image titles as URL links to Flickr.
The Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Boston Common was erected in memory of the sons of the Bay State who died in the American Civil War. The female figure AMERICA sits atop a Doric column, facing south and wearing a tiara of thirteen stars.
Soldiers and Sailors Monument by Paul Sager, on Flickr
Boston Common dates to 1634 and is the oldest city park in the United States. The Common's purpose has changed over the years. During the 1630s, it was used by many families as a cow pasture. The Boston Common continued to host cows until they were formally banned in 1830.
Giant Allium
The Common was used as a camp by the British before the American Revolutionary War, from which they left for the Battle of Lexington and Concord. The true park status emerged only after the grazing of cows was ended.
Memorial Day
The Granary Burying Ground is the city of Boston's third-oldest cemetery, founded in 1660 and located on Tremont Street. It is the final resting place for many notable Revolutionary War-era patriots, including Paul Revere, the five victims of the Boston Massacre, and three signers of the Declaration of Independence: Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Robert Treat Paine.
Granary Burying Ground
The earliest Puritan graves in the New England were usually dug without planning in designated local burial grounds. Flat, tablet shaped stones made from slate were the preferred medium until marble became fashionable in the early 19th century.
Granary Burying Ground
Early Puritan headstones were low sized and wide. They were typically capped with a rounded tympanum resembling the semi-circular half stones often found above the main doorway entrances into churches. The tympanum thus has symbolic meaning, reflecting the belief that through death, the soul moves from one world into the next.
Granary Burying Ground
The Freedom Trail is a 2.5-mile-long path through downtown Boston that passes 16 locations significant to the history of the United States. Quincy Market was build in 1824–26 after commercial demand had outgrown the capacity of Faneuil Hall. Faneuil Hall is the official stop on the Freedom Trail, being the marketplace and meeting hall where speeches by Samuel Adams, James Otis, and many others encouraged independence from Great Britain.
Quincy Market dome
Paul Revere rides forever outside the Old North Church. In April 1775, Paul Revere told three Boston patriots to hang two lanterns in the church steeple. The lanterns sent a warning to Charlestown patriots across the Charles River about the movements of the British Army. "One if by land, and two if by sea." Revere left on horseback to warn towns throughout the area of the British movements that preceded the Battles of Lexington and Concord during the American Revolution.
Paul Revere
Images shared in this post were captured in RAW using an EOS XTi. New processing was performed in 2021 using Adobe Lightroom v6.
Boston Harbor
Details on the exposure and lenses are provided in the EXIF data from Flickr, just use the image titles as URL links to Flickr.
May 26, 2021 08:46:49 #
mizzee
Loc: Boston,Ma
As a Bostonian, I can tell you you’ve done a great job to “memorialize” Bostom!
May 26, 2021 08:57:51 #
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May 26, 2021 10:12:34 #
Beautifully done historic Boston photos. I lived there for 12 years, but never captured most of the photos you posted..
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May 26, 2021 12:27:18 #
Another excellent series with enlightening information to go along, Paul!
May 26, 2021 16:09:23 #
Chg_Canon wrote: "Boston Common dates to 1634 and is the oldest city park in the United States. "
Edged out the New Haven Green which was built in 1638 and is privately owned.
Edged out the New Haven Green which was built in 1638 and is privately owned.
May 26, 2021 17:37:14 #
Thank you mizzee, Dennis, Mike, Joe, Hereford, rbmacc, Carol, flip1948! Images from back in the days of travel. Happy (early) Memorial Day!
May 27, 2021 07:16:34 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
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As always fine set of pictures and the narrative Paul. I have been living in Boston area for many years and did not know the history behind. Thanks for enlightening me on these. Well done.
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