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Discovering Boston: History, Sights & Driving Tips

Explore Boston's rich history from the Boston Tea Party to present-day attractions. Navigate the city with tips on driving and transportation options. Uncover famous landmarks like the Freedom Trail, Fenway Park, and more.

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Discovering Boston: History, Sights & Driving Tips

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  1. Ronald J. Leach

  2. Language Usage: • Tonic vs. Soda • Milkshake vs. Frappe • Nation • The Hub • Beantown

  3. "And this is good old Boston, The home of the bean and the cod, Where the Lowells talk only to Cabots, And the Cabots talk only to God.“ Harvard alumnus John Collins Bossidy

  4. Driving (cityofboston.gov) Boston has developed a reputation for having savvy drivers who are able to navigate the city’s historic cobblestone streets with ease.  Many of Boston’s streets were once horse-cart paths and today present a challenge for drivers in those ubiquitous SUV’s.  Parking can be difficult but with services such as vanpools and car-sharing companies, it is possible to navigate the city capably.

  5. The Big Dig • Most expensive U.S. highway project. • Criminal arrests. • Four deaths. • Scheduled completion 1998, $2.8 billion • Completed December 2007, $14.6 billion. • Estimated cost $22 billion, including • interest, paid off in 2038.

  6. Ship’s shuttle to near Quincy Market • Old-town Trolley, hop-on, hop-off • Silver Line T bus to T stop • Taxi • Water Taxi • Walk

  7. BOSTON AREA HISTORY: • Boston Massacre • Boston Tea Party • Battle of Lexington and Concord • Battle of Bunker Hill • Siege of Boston • Paul Revere ‘s Ride • 1807 Embargo Act (Napoleonic Wars) • War of 1812

  8. Freedom Trail • Faneuil Hall • Quincy Market • U.S.S Constitution • State House (Bullfinch Dome) • Boston Common • Old North Church • Charles River

  9. Fenway Park • Boston Museum of Fine Arts • Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum • Institute of Contemporary Art – ICA • Boston Museum of Science • New England Aquarium • Harvard, MIT

  10. St-Gaudens monument to Robert Gould Shaw

  11. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

  12. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

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  14. + Born June 12, 1924, in Milton, Mass.

  15. Thank you

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