Freedom Trail: how Boston became the cradle of Liberty - by Alix

Yesterday, friday the 3rd of april, we discovered the Freedom Trail. 

The Freedom Trail is a 2.5 mile (=4km) walking trail,marked with a bricked red line. 

In the 1950´s, Bostonians were determined to preserve the story of the American revolution : first they preserved 16 historically sites. There are : 
1. Boston Common, Boston's central park
2. Massachusetts State House
3. Park Street Church
4. Granary Burying Ground
5. King's Chapel
6. King's Chapel Burying Ground
7. Benjamin Franklin statue and former site of Boston Latin School
8. Old Corner Bookstore
9. Old South Meeting House
10. Old State House
11. Site of the Boston Massacre
12. Faneuil Hall et Quincy Market
13. Maison de Paul Revere
14. Old North Church
15. USS Constitution
16. Bunker Hill Monument

From all these sites, we only saw some of them. 
At the beginning, our guide,

 a really nice but crazy woman brought us to the Massachusetts State House, a beautiful building with a gold dome. There, she told us the history from this monument and from its architect 
Charles Bulfinch. 

She said she was a slave in 18th century Boston so she told us stories as they were told and heard among the more common folks. She screamed and grinned and she never broke character!

Then, we followed the red line on the floor up to the Brimstone Corner, where was the Park Street Church. It´s a Congregational church, which was founded in 1809 by members from the Old South Meeting Church. After some anecdotes, we went to the Granary Burying Ground, the 3rd oldest cemetery in Boston. The first settlers, famous people from the American Revolution War (Paul Revere, Samuel Adams) and signatories from the United States Declaration of Independence were burried here. 

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The cemetery has 2 345 graves, which are very well decorated : with demons and angels. 

After our visit, I interviewed our crazy guide:

1) Me- What´s the nationality of most of the tourists who come in Boston?
Guide- Boston is an international city, so people come from all over the world to discover it. 

2) Me- In your opinion, who has the worst English accent?
Guide- I cannot answer at this question, because nowadays every body can speak English; and it depends from one person to another. 

3) Me- Were you born in Boston? If yes, what are the main advantages to live here?
Guide- Yes I was born in Boston; and I think that the main advantage is that people here are really curious : they quetions a lot and want to know everyting. Then, another big advantage here is the History. Boston is, contrary to the other Amerincan cities, an old town. 

4) Me- And the main disadvanteges?
Guide- In my opinion, the main disadvantage to live in Boston is to be colored, to be black. Before people know you, you're judged and that´s a shame...

5) Me- Which monuments from the Freedom Trail do you prefer? And why?
Guide- My favourite place is the cemetery : it´s quiet and the atmosphere is so pleasant... I know that not everyone has the same opinion, but this place is incredible!
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