. Book of the Royal blue . n Chapel, 1744. WadsworthHouse was used 123 years as the homeof the presidents of Harvard, and wasat one time Washingtons Hall was built in 1874 to com-memorate the ninety-five Harvard menwho fell in the Civil War. The entireproperty of Harvard University repre-sents more than $12,500,000. Near thecollege is Cambridge Common, with asoldiers monument and several cannoncaptured from the British, and Washing-ton Elm, under which General Washing-ton took command of the Continentalarmy in July, 1775. Not far from theelm is the house once occupied by
. Book of the Royal blue . n Chapel, 1744. WadsworthHouse was used 123 years as the homeof the presidents of Harvard, and wasat one time Washingtons Hall was built in 1874 to com-memorate the ninety-five Harvard menwho fell in the Civil War. The entireproperty of Harvard University repre-sents more than $12,500,000. Near thecollege is Cambridge Common, with asoldiers monument and several cannoncaptured from the British, and Washing-ton Elm, under which General Washing-ton took command of the Continentalarmy in July, 1775. Not far from theelm is the house once occupied by Genreral and Lady Washington, also thehouse occupied by Poet Longfellow. A review of Boston is hardly completewithout including the numerous historictowns which surround it. At Salem, the Roger Williams House(1635), sometimes called the WitchHouse, is still standing, as are a num-ber of fine old Colonial houses of theseventeenth century. At Plymouth, thefamous Plymouth Rock, the originalstone on which the Pilgrims from the. MUSEUM OF AKTS, BOSTON Mayflower landed, is covered by agranite canopy. Other historical featuresare the Courthouse, containing valuablerecords of the Colony, and Pilgrim Hall,a museum of interesting relics. Lexington and Concord claim theirportion of attention. Electric cars fromBoston traverse the route followed bythe Colonial troops on the morning ofApril 19, 1775. Every part of Lexing-ton is of historic interest. The SoldiersMonument, on the Common, was erectedin 1799. Near it is a large boulder,marking the line of the of the houses which were in thetown at the time of the battle are stillstanding. Among them are the MunroeTavern, headquarters of Earl Percy; theold Clark House, where Adams andHancock were awakened by Paul Revereon that memorable spring morning;Buckman Tavern, the rallying place ofthe ^linutemen the night before the bat-tle, and which bears the marks of Britishbullets. Just beyond Lexington is Con-cord. The old North Bridge
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