Boston is often called the birthplace of the US and this is reason enough for every American to Boston. You can see several sites, monuments and buildings of national importance commemorating the birth of the USA connected by a red brick trail called the trail when you visit Boston. The trail that takes Americans who visit Boston to learn about the history of the nation is also significantly the first walking tour in the US. The start of the trail takes those who go to Boston to the oldest park in Boston called the Boston Common. Those who visit Boston to view the important landmarks that played a role in the birth of the US will visit the Massachusetts State House that was once the house of the first elected governor of Massachusetts and a man who played a key role in the freedom movement John Hancock.
The trail also takes visitors to the Granary burial ground where three signers of the Declaration of Independence John Hancock Samuel Adams and Robert Paine are buried. Other buildings that those who visit Boston and walk along the trail can see are the Old South Meeting House where protests and debates against the unfair tax on tea were held that finally led to colonists throwing tea into harbors from British ships.
The Old State house is another important building along the freedom trail and those who Boston can see the balcony from where the declaration of independence was read to the colonists. In front of the State House are a circle of cobblestones where the Boston massacre took place. Another significant and well known building for those who visit Boston and follow the freedom trail is the house of Paul Revere the silversmith and midnight horseman who rode at midnight to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams that the British were planning to arrest them.
The monument on Bunker is another significant landmark for those of Boston to follow the freedom trail. Bunker Hill was the site of the first battle between the British and American colonists in the American War of Independence. Freedom loving citizens of America and perhaps the world must visit Boston to take part in one of the greatest freedom movements in history.