{"id":759,"date":"2023-06-29T15:21:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T19:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/?p=759"},"modified":"2023-06-29T15:21:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T19:21:54","slug":"boston-january-14-16-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/2023\/06\/29\/boston-january-14-16-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston, January 14-16, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>January 14, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\nDrove up during the day and ate dinner in the Seaport District, which has grown a lot since we were there in 2010:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/boston\/southboston\/seaportdistrict\/0101-14-23.jpg\" alt=\"Marina Park Drive and Northern Avenue, Seaport District, Boston, Massachusetts, January 14, 2023\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>January 15, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\nWalked the entirety of <a href=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/boston\/freedomtrail\/index.htm\">The Freedom Trail<\/a> in the cold! <a href=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/boston\/charlestown\/bunkerhill\/index.htm\">Bunker Hill<\/a> in Charlestown:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/boston\/01-15-23\/0701-15-23.jpg\" alt=\"Bunker Hill Monument, Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts, January 15, 2023\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/boston\/charlestown\/ussconstitution\/index.htm\">USS Constitution<\/a>:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/boston\/01-15-23\/0801-15-23.jpg\" alt=\"USS Constitution, Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts, January 15, 2023\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/boston\/northend\/coppshillburyingground\/index.htm\">Copp&#8217;s Hill Burying Ground<\/a> in the North End:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/boston\/01-15-23\/2701-15-23.jpg\" alt=\"Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts, January 15, 2023\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/boston\/01-15-23\/3401-15-23.jpg\" alt=\"Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts, January 15, 2023\"><\/p>\n<p>Granary Burying Ground:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/boston\/01-15-23\/4401-15-23.jpg\" alt=\"Samuel Adams Marker, Granary Burying Ground, Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts, January 15, 2023\"><\/p>\n<p>The trail ends (or begins!) at <a href=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/boston\/downtown\/bostoncommon\/index.htm\">Boston Common<\/a>, where the new sculpture The Embrace sits:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/boston\/01-15-23\/5501-15-23.jpg\" alt=\"The Embrace, Boston Common, Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts, January 15, 2023\"><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, some angles are weird:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/boston\/01-15-23\/5801-15-23.jpg\" alt=\"The Embrace, Boston Common, Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts, January 15, 2023\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/boston\/01-15-23\/6201-15-23.jpg\" alt=\"The Embrace, Boston Common, Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts, January 15, 2023\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>January 16, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\nTook an <a href=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/boston\/mbta\/index.htm\">MBTA Commuter Rail<\/a> train to <a href=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/essexcounty\/salem\/salem\/index.htm\">Salem<\/a>. Yes, that&#8217;s Elizabeth Montgomery:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/essexcounty\/salem\/salem\/0101-16-23.jpg\" alt=\"Bewitched Sculpture, Lappin Park, Washington and Essex Streets, Salem, Massachusetts, January 16, 2023\"><\/p>\n<p>The Salem Witch Trials memorial:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/essexcounty\/salem\/salem\/0601-16-23.jpg\" alt=\"Salem Witch Trials Memorial, Salem, Massachusetts, January 16, 2023\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/essexcounty\/salem\/salem\/1501-16-23.jpg\" alt=\"Roger Conant Statue and Salem Witch Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, January 16, 2023\"><\/p>\n<p>The Satanic Temple (alas, closed Mondays):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/essexcounty\/salem\/salem\/1701-16-23.jpg\" alt=\"The Satanic Temple, 64 Bridge Street, Salem, Massachusetts, January 16, 2023\"><\/p>\n<p>Then returned to Boston where we met up in Dorchester, near the <a href=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/boston\/dorchester\/jamesblakehouse\/index.htm\">James Blake House<\/a>, dating to 1661, the oldest surviving house in Boston:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/massachusetts\/boston\/dorchester\/jamesblakehouse\/0101-16-23.jpg\" alt=\"James Blake House, 735 Columbia Road, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, January 16, 2023\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 14, 2023 Drove up during the day and ate dinner in the Seaport District, which has grown a lot since we were there in 2010: January 15, 2023 Walked the entirety of The Freedom Trail in the cold! 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