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Visit Boston - Known as the "Cradle of Liberty", Boston, it is true to
say, is where modern America began. New England was the site of the
first landing of the Pilgrims, who made their first settlement at
Plymouth, located a bare hour south of Boston today. And just over
150 years after the founding fathers set foot on mainland America
Boston was throwing a Tea Party, with the British as the unwelcome
guests, and a couple of years later the first skirmishes of the War
of Independence broke out here, with a notable battle taking place
on Bunker Hill to the north-east of the city.
The Freedom Trail connects 16 of the city's most famous
revolutionary sites, including the house of Paul Revere, made famous
in ballad and poem for his daring midnight dash to warn of the
impending British invasion (take time to pity his companion William
Dawes, whose name just didn't scan sufficiently for Longfellow to
pen an ode to his bravery as well). Faneuil Hall where fiery
revolutionary orators such as Samuel Adams stirred the coals of
insurrection and "Ol' Ironsides", the USS Constitution are other
must-sees on the trail, as it traces the timeline to independence.
It's a strange thing though, that for all Boston was where the
American nation began to shake off its colonial shackles if anything
it is quite European in its attitude and outlook and has always been
one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the US. Home to the nation's
most respected university in Harvard, its population is erudite and
bohemian in outlook, rather than sharing the strait laced views of
their forefathers. Indeed today's crop of students represents one in
ten of every Boston inhabitant, which keeps the atmosphere young and
vibrant. Try coming on St Patrick's Day when the city's large Irish
(and Irish at heart) population parties all over the city - it is
hard to believe that this is the liberty that Samuel Adams and his
ilk envisaged, but nobody seems to be complaining.
The surrounding countryside of New England and the coastal resorts
of Cape Cod and the island of Martha's Vineyard are breathtakingly
beautiful. North of the city meanwhile you'll find Salem, home to
the famous 17th-century witch trials and later Nathaniel Hawthorne,
one of the father's of American literature. Concord likewise is
famous for its literary alumni, including Ralph Waldo Emerson and
the reclusive writer Henry David Thoreau who lived in a cabin at
Walden Pond, recreating a pastoral idyll of America (albeit with the
odd sojourn into town for tea with his friends).
No modern introduction to Boston is complete without mentioning the
incredibly popular TV show Cheers, and visitors to the city will
invariably flock to the Bull and Finch Pub, which was the
inspiration for the long-running comedy series. If planning such a
homage be prepared - the bar looks nothing like Cheers, and Boston
is full of tourists complaining about it. But forewarned is
forearmed; simply move on - there's a lot more going on in this city
to be worried about such a small thing, and anyway there's another
Cheers bar at Faneuil Hall, just like the one on TV.
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