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Walk the Freedom Trail the first time you visit Boston and you'll quickly get a sense of this coastal city's revolutionary spirit and history. But make sure you also explore some of Boston's fine museums (try the Isabella Stewart Gardner, featuring masterpieces displayed in their collector's mansion) and old neighborhoods (like the North End, Boston's Little Italy). You can't claim to have experienced real Boston culture, though, until you've watched a Red Sox game from the bleachers.
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1. New England Holocaust Memorial
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2,507 reviews
The six glass towers of this striking memorial serve to represent the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, six main Nazi death camps and the candles on a menorah.
Reviewed By Gonen2014 - Haifa, Israel
This is a monument in memory of the Jews murdered in the Holocaust. The monument includes six square glass towers that symbolize the six nillion Jews who perished in the Holocaust, and the six largest concentration camps. Under each glass tower there is a niche that symbolizes an extermination camp from which smoke is rising. On the boards around you can read about the history of the Holocaust along with things that Holocaust survivors said. A very emotional monument that brings teatrs to your eyes as you walk along it. This is a must visit for everyone!
2. Ether Monument
3. Kevin Hagen White Statue
4. Statue of Benjamin Franklin
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4.0 based on 124 reviews
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.
Reviewed By on_the_go_98765
Find the son of Boston here in front of Old City Hall and just about in the midst of the first Boston burial ground circa 1630. It is adjacent to the King's Chapel. This was the very first statue of a person ever erected In Boston. That counts for a great deal in the tally of firsts. His head is bent, his tri-corner hat is tucked under his arm, and he is somewhere at the intersection between very exhausted and very humble.
5. Boston Irish Famine Memorial
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4.0 based on 99 reviews
Reviewed By AlexanderD - Jackson, United States
The Boston Irish Famine memorial is directly adjacent to the Freedom Trail and so it is easy to stop and linger there. It is very well done, a combination of moving statuary and informative plaques. Whoever designed it put a lot of thought and intelligence into this tasteful and touching tribute to a great tragedy which altered the destiny of two continents.
6. Making Way for Ducklings Statues
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4.0 based on 62 reviews
Reviewed By tracysJ4069BK
If you’re a fan of the book or of gardens in general, this is definitely worth checking out. The first time we walked past them they were wearing adorable winter hats. Then, for NYE they were all wearing mini party hats! If you plan to visit the Boston Public Garden these true are definitely worth looking for!
7. Brewer Fountain
8. Statue of Samuel Adams
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4.0 based on 48 reviews
Reviewed By on_the_go_98765
There's a reason why Samuel Adams stands on a pedestal in front of Faneuil Hall: this was his soap box, his platform to rally the patriots and lament the litany of grievances against Britain. He did it with such effectiveness, even while suffering from the tremors of palsy (Parkinson's or Cerebral Palsy). In 1773 he opined: "it does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority." Today he stands in front of the meeting place of the Patriots where he was a very major speaker and strong opponent against taxation without representation. In 1773, he expounded: "anyone who aids or abets the unloading, receiving, or vending the tea is an enemy to America." From there, the next big event was his Indian whoops at Old South Meeting Place which signaled the time had come to dispose of the tea in the harbor. Samuel Adams's countenance deserves to grace the front of Faneuil Hall. He was the conductor/engineer of our Revolution.
