Overview
The Freedom Trail still links that history across the modern city, making Boston unusually easy to understand through a walking route rather than a museum-only visit.
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Boston History
Founded in 1630, Boston became one of the oldest major cities in the United States and a center of revolutionary politics, from the Boston Tea Party and Paul Revere's ride to the battles around Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill.
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