What to see in America . Longfellows Home, Cambridge British soldiers fired on an unarmed mob, killing four menand wounding seven others, two of whom afterward died. 36 What to See in America. The House of Seven Gtables, Salem A few streets northerly is Faneuil Hall, the Cradle ofLiberty, so called because in it the colonists held manypublic meetings when the struggle with the mother country was approach-ing. It has al-ways been acombination ofhall above andmarket belowfrom the timethat Peter Fan-euil built andpresented it tothe town in1741. Bostonsearlysettlers estab-lished at the north end o
What to see in America . Longfellows Home, Cambridge British soldiers fired on an unarmed mob, killing four menand wounding seven others, two of whom afterward died. 36 What to See in America. The House of Seven Gtables, Salem A few streets northerly is Faneuil Hall, the Cradle ofLiberty, so called because in it the colonists held manypublic meetings when the struggle with the mother country was approach-ing. It has al-ways been acombination ofhall above andmarket belowfrom the timethat Peter Fan-euil built andpresented it tothe town in1741. Bostonsearlysettlers estab-lished at the north end of the peninsula a village which wasquite distinct from the one near Beacon Hill. This is acrowded foreign section of the city now, but here still standsthe Old North Meetinghouse, famous for its connection withPaul Reveres Ride. Charlestowii is now a part of Boston, and is connectedby bridges with the peninsula. On one of its heights risesthe granite shaft of Bunker Hill Monument, which com-memorates the famous battle fought there. The corner stonewas laid by Lafayette in 1825, and Daniel Webster was theorator of the occasion, as he was also when the completion ofthe monument was celeb
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