. Book of the Royal blue . s in the city. It was here thatAdams, Otis, Quincy, Hancock and otherpatriots made their first opposition to royalauthority. In 1770 the so-called BostonMassacre took place immediately in frontof the building. From the balcony Wash-ington reviewed the entry of the Revolu-tionary army after the siege of building is now in charge of the Boston-ian Society, who have stored it with rarerelics of Boston of the Colonial period. Faneuil Hall, the Cradle of I>iberty,was built in 1742 by Peter Faneuil and pre-sented to Boston for a market and townhall. Its walls
. Book of the Royal blue . s in the city. It was here thatAdams, Otis, Quincy, Hancock and otherpatriots made their first opposition to royalauthority. In 1770 the so-called BostonMassacre took place immediately in frontof the building. From the balcony Wash-ington reviewed the entry of the Revolu-tionary army after the siege of building is now in charge of the Boston-ian Society, who have stored it with rarerelics of Boston of the Colonial period. Faneuil Hall, the Cradle of I>iberty,was built in 1742 by Peter Faneuil and pre-sented to Boston for a market and townhall. Its walls have resounded with thestirring words of such illustrious orators asOtis, Webster, Sumner, Everett, Phillipsand others, and it has been the scene ofmany receptions and bani|uets to Wash-ington. Christ Church, on Salem Street, waserected in 1723, and is the oldest churchbuilding in Boston. From its tower werehung the lanterns to warn Paul Revereand the patriots that the British troops wereto march on Lexington and HOMESS CIA H> Bunker Hill Moiuinu-nt is in Charles-town. It is a siranite obelisk 221 feet hinh,commemoratin<; the Battle of Bunker Hiil,fou-jht June 17, 1775. Of the modern points of interest in Bos-ton may be mentioned the CharlestownNa\y Yard, which is but a few minuteswalk from the monument. It is here thatmany of our famous warships are dry-docked for repairs. The Suffolk Count}- Court House, whichwas erected at a cost of nearly four milliondollars, is but a short distance from thesubway station at Scollay Square. Near itare the State House and park. The corner-stone of the State House was laid in 1795by Haul Revere, but the buildine was re-paired and extended to four times its orijri-nal size in 1895 at a cost of four milliondollars. Copley Square is the center of the fashion-able residential section of Boston. It issurrounded by some of the most beautifulspecimens of architecture, amontr whichare the .Museum of An, containing
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