Boston National Historical Park

Address:Charlestown Navy Yard
Boston, Massachusetts
Tel: (617) 242-5642

Visit one of the birthplaces of the American Revolution at the Boston National Historical Park in Boston, Massachusetts! The Boston National Historical Park is a series of eight sites that showcase Boston's role in the American Revolution, with seven of them connected by the Freedom Trail.

Established in 1630, Boston served as the birthplace of the American Revolution in the 1770's. Many of the revolution's early battles, such as the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill, occurred in or near Boston. Since then, the city has evolved into the economic center of New England, but has still preserved the sites that made Boston famous and America free.

Today, visitors to the Boston National Historical Park can enjoy any of the eight sites individually or as part of a tour. The eight sites of the Boston National Historical Park are the Old South Meeting House, Old State House, Faneuil Hall, the Paul Revere House and Old North Church in downtown Boston; the Bunker Hill Monument and the Charlestown Navy Yard, home of the USS Constitution, in Charlestown; and Dorchester Heights, in South Boston and separate from the Freedom Trail. Visitors to the Boston National Historical Park can embark on 90 minute tours of the Freedom Trail, with free tickets for the tour being offered 30 minutes before the tour departure. Tours are also offered every half hour on the USS Constitution, a major site of the Boston National Historical Park, though visitors should get there earlier to go through security. There are also two visitor centers servicing the Boston National Historical Park, the Downtown Visitor Center near the Old State House and the Bunker Hill Pavilion near the Charlestown Navy Yard, with both offering helpful information and multimedia exhibits about the Freedom Trail. After their visit to the Boston National Historical Park, tourists can find hundreds of restaurants all over Boston, suiting whatever taste they desire.

To get to the Boston National Historical Park, visitors should take the MBTA Green Line or Orange Line to North Station, then walk approximately fifteen minutes to the Charlestown Navy Yard. Have fun visiting the Boston National Historical Park, the birthplace of American freedom!