Boston maintains an historical elegance not really found in many North American cities. It is not only steeped in its amazing history, but it is built upon it. All one must do is follow the Freedon Trail, a red line painted on the sidewalk, to discover how proud of its heritage Boston really is. For those with any interest in American literature or the founding of this country, just visit one of the many graveyards found downtown surrounded by bustling traffic. The hub of Massachusetts, established in 1630, Boston became the intellectual centre of the new world, printed the first colonial newspaper, Harvard opened 1635, MIT is a global centre of learning. No wonder then , Boston got involved, right in the beginning, with the revolution and USA civil war; Boston Tea Party 1773, where locals dressed as Indians dumped hundreds of crates of tea in the harbour to prevent a monopoly, Battle of Bunker Hill... [edit text][editors]
