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Birthplace of the American Revolution. Boston retains the old, while creating the new, providing visitors with a perfect mix. Explore it on foot or take the "T" the nation's first subway.

For the best view, soar 60 floors high to the top of the John Hancock Tower. Stroll to Boston Common, the country's oldest park, where you'll find the Visitor Information's Center.
That's also where the Freedom Trail Begins - the 2 miles and 1/2 walk around 16 historic landmarks, including the site of the Boston Massacre, Paul Revere's House and Bunker Hill.

1630: Boston Founded

Under the leadership of John Winthrop English Puritans moved from overcrowded Charlestown and colonized the Shawmut Peninsula.
Permission was granted from its sole English inhabitant, Anglican cleric Willian Blaxton. Their city on the hill was named Boston in honor of the native English town of their leaders.

1636: Harvard Created

Boston's Puritan Leaders established a college at Newtowne (later Cambridge) to educate future generations of clergy.
When young Charlestown minister John Harvard died two years later and left his books and half of his money to the college, it was renamed Harvard.

1775: American Revolution

Friction between colonists and the British crown had been building for more than a decade when British troops marched on Lexington to confiscate rebel weapons.
Forewarned by Paul Revere local militia, known as the Minute Men skirmished with British regulars on Lexington Green.
During the second confrontation at Concord the shot heard the world marked the beginning of the Revolution, which ended in American independence with the 1783 Treaty of Paris.

1845: Irish Arrived

Irish fleeing the potato famine arrived in Boston in tens of thousands, many eventually settling in the south of the city.
By 1900 the Irish are dominant ethnic group in Boston. They flexed their political muscle accordingly by securing the election of John F. Kennedy as president in 1960.

1848: Boston Public Library Founded

The Boston Public Library was established as the first publicly supported municipal library in the US. In 1895 the library moved into the Italianate "Palace of the people" on Copley Square.

1863: Black Boston Went to War

Following decades of agitation to abolish slavery, the city sent the country's first African-American regiment to join Union forces in the Civil War. The regiment was honored by the Shaw Memorial on Boston Common.

1886: City Expanded

Boston assumed its modern form with the filling in of Back Bay and the completion of Franklin Park, the final link in the Emerald Necklace.

1897: Subway Opened

The Tremont Street subway the first underground in the US, was opened on September 1 to ease road congestion. It cost $4.4 million to construct and the initial fare was five cents.
This single line grew into the Metropolitan Boston Transit Authority (MBTA) with 181 routes and 252 stations.

1958: Freedom Trail Opened

This historical walking tour was established, with its familiar red brick and paint connecting the city's sights. It was based on a 1951 Boston Herald Traveler column by William Scofield, and was the first of its kind in the US.

1991: The Big Dig

The new central artery/ tunnel, aka the the Big Dig, is the most technologically challenging highway project in the country. The $15 billion project plans to alleviate Boston arterial traffic congestion by 2005.

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