On Thursday we spent the day walking the Freedom Trail. It really made history come alive. From Boston Common to the Old North Church we stopped at every location to read and absorb the incredible history tucked away in modern Boston. Here is Paul Revere on his famous ride.
You walk across the bridge over the Charles River and climb aboard Old Ironsides before hiking up Bunker Hill (which is really Breed's Hill). The ship is manned by modern day Navy guys who have to learn her history as well as how to sail with 1800 style rigging!
On Friday we headed to Plymouth to see the Mayflower II and Plymouth Rock, as well as exploring Plimoth Plantation and eating some incredible seafood at the harbor. It was the 50th anniversary of the Mayflower II this year, and they were sailing this 1600 style ship several weekends this summer, too. It is amazing how over 100 people lived for two months onboard this little ship.
At Plimoth Plantation, the people who work there play the role of real historical Pilgrims and need to act like it is 1627. You can talk to them and they will respond from the point of view the original Pilgrims had. The Wampanaog Village has Native Americans who demonstrate life in the 1600's also. This man was building a dugout canoe by burning and scraping out the center of a log!
I guess I will post Travels Part 3 next week before school starts. After that, who knows if I'll have anything more to tell about that would be interesting to put in a blog! My sister already did the pickle canning event (though she didn't get the picture of the pickles in the bathtub, so you can look forward to a shot of that sometime in September - heh heh).
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