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Stop 7 of 10 · Freedom Trail Walking Tour

The Gift Boston Almost Turned Down

Faneuil Hall, Boston

2 min story10-stop walk

The story

You're standing in Faneuil Hall Square, in front of the red brick building Bostonians have called the Cradle of Liberty for more than 250 years.

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Part of Freedom Trail Walking Tour

Freedom Trail Walking TourBoston · 10 stops · 1 h 17 min · 2 miSee the walk

1The Night the Pasture Became a ShoreFree
2Wanted Men Lay a Cornerstone
3The Boy Buried Before the Massacre
4The Church That Lost Its King
5The Room That Started the Tea Party
6The Shooting Below the Lion and Unicorn
7The Gift Boston Almost Turned DownYou're here
8A House Full of Revere
9A Patriot Signal From the King's Church
10Cannon Above, Freedom Below

Sources

Written from public sources and checked claim by claim; a synthetic voice narrates it, and a person reviews it before it is published.