Paul Revere's house, Faneuil Hall, the Craigie House where Longfellow wrote, a hundred more — an American pilgrimage told building by building, when many of these places were still fighting to survive.

The Old State House, Boston, Massachusetts

2 shrines in this part of Historic Shrines of America.

The Old State House, Boston, Massachusetts

FROM WHOSE BALCONY THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS PROCLAIMED Thirty-three years after Captain John Smith sailed into Boston Harbor…

The Old State House, Boston, Massachusetts: Adams

Next day the people met in Faneuil Hall, and demanded the immediate removal of the troops. The demand being refused, they met again at…

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