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Things to Do: Historic sites

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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #90 of 326 attractions in Boston

The Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775, was actually fought on nearby Breed's Hill.

Attraction type: Historic site; Monument
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #93 of 326 attractions in Boston
Attraction type: Island; Trail; Historic site
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #96 of 326 attractions in Boston

Operated by the National Park Service, this is a walking tour of Boston's 19th-century African-American history.

Attraction type: Historic walking area; Other
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #103 of 326 attractions in Boston
Attraction type: Town centre/square/plaza; Historic walking area
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #105 of 326 attractions in Boston
Attraction type: Historic home
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #108 of 326 attractions in Boston

Built in 1806, this is the oldest African-American church that still stands in the United States.

Attraction type: Historic site; Religious site
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #109 of 326 attractions in Boston

Located on historic Beacon Street, this museum is housed in a 1859 Boston brownstone with Victorian furnishings.

Attraction type: Speciality museum; Historic home
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #113 of 326 attractions in Boston

Paul Revere may have worshipped at this church, which has gone from Congregational to Unitarian to Roman Catholic in its almost 300 years of history.

Attraction type: Religious site; Historic site
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #138 of 326 attractions in Boston

Reproduction of the tavern frequented by Paul Revere and other American rebels in Revolutionary times.

Attraction type: Bar/club; Historic site
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #139 of 326 attractions in Boston

This National Historic Landmark is the home from which silversmith Paul Revere, in 1775, set out on his famous midnight ride to warn his compatriots that the British were coming. You can view the colonial furnishings and the famous Revere silver, including a 90-pound bell in the back yard.

Attraction type: Historic home; Other
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #147 of 326 attractions in Boston

Google "Henry Knox". Washington's closest friend. Brought the cannons to Boston from Ft. Ticonderoga. Contact the South Boston Citizens' Association for information about the annual Evacuation day...

Attraction type: Monument
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #156 of 326 attractions in Boston
Attraction type: Historic home
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #167 of 326 attractions in Boston

Built in 1711, this Georgian house was a typical 18th-century middle-class Boston residence.

Attraction type: Historic home
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #171 of 326 attractions in Boston

Pub named after General Joseph Warren, who was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Attraction type: Historic site; Bar/club
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #173 of 326 attractions in Boston

A stop on the Freedom Trail, this 1809 church is noted for its 200-foot steeple.

Attraction type: Historic site; Religious site
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #174 of 326 attractions in Boston

Once America's most esteemed publisher and bookseller, the Old Corner Bookstore published such renowned authors as Longfellow, Emerson and Hawthorne.

Attraction type: Historic site; Speciality shop
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #182 of 326 attractions in Boston

Cyrus Dallin designed this bronze statue of Revere riding his horse.

Attraction type: Statue; Monument
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #183 of 326 attractions in Boston

America's first portrait statue portrays a half-smiling, half-serious Franklin. Next to the statue is a marker for the site of the first public school in the United States, where Franklin -- among other luminaries -- was a student.

Attraction type: Statue; Monument; Historic walking area
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #216 of 326 attractions in Boston
Attraction type: Historic home; History museum
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #242 of 326 attractions in Boston

A circle of cobblestones in the street outside the Old State House marks the spot where British soldiers fired on a crowd, the event which many believe was the start of the Revolutionary War.

Attraction type: Historic site
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