(This photo is of the Wayside house and should be further down in the blog, but it's too difficult to get it where it belongs. )
Wednesday we drove toward Boston to the end of the "T", the subway, or MTA, and took it to the Kennedy/ UMASS stop. We then took the free shuttle to the Kennedy Library and Museum. The center has a nice film and has all of the displays of his campaign and presidency. One interesting display was of his winning the primary in West Virginia. Early in the presidential primary, he was leading in West Virginia, but then it became known that he was a Catholic. He then lost his lead and went to West Virginia and made several notable/historic speeches and ended winning the state in the primary.
The photo to the right is inside the south end of the museum and overlooks the harbor and Logan airport. We had lunch at the JFK Cafe and then got back on the "T" and went to the Quincy stop.
The Adams National Historic Park is in Quincy. The church pictured is where the second and sixth presidents are buried, along with their wives. We toured the church while we were waiting for the tour of the Adams' homes. We sat in the Adams' pew. It was the family pew of John Quincy Adams.
This is a statue of Abigail Adams in front of the visitor center.
This is the original Adams' home where John Adams was born.
They are right next door to each other.
This home was purchased by John and Abigail and is where John Quincy was born.
After John and Abigail returned from Europe in 1788 they moved into this home (not exactly as it looks today) which they called "Peace Field." This is where John Adams died on July 4, 1826. As you might know, this is the same day that Thomas Jefferson died.
This building is the "Stone Library" and was built by John Adam's grandson well after his death. It contains over 12,000 volumes of books belonging to the Adams family.
Thursday, we visited the Minute Man National Historic Park in Concord, MA. The picture at the right is of Paul Revere, who history tells us, was famous for his "midnight ride." "One if by land, two if by sea." Well, Paul Revere was captured by the British the night of his famous ride and one of the others in the group completed the ride. This was the night before the famous battle at North Bridge. The date of the battle was April 19, 1775.
This is Hartwell Tavern on the road from Lexington to Concord. It's important because it's still standing and pretty-much original.
The very top photo is of the "Wayside" house. This house is famous for all of the 1800's authors and their literature.
Louisa May Alcott grew up here and this home inspired her to write Little Women. Many other authors lived in this area
including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thoreau (Waldon's Pond which is near here), Hawthorne and Margaret Sidney who wrote The five Little Peppers and How They Grew.
The end of the day was at North Bridge. "The shot heard 'round the world" was fired here. The statue is the Minute Man Statue placed here in 1836.
So much history!!!!
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