JFK’s beloved “Victura” – “A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.” JFK
Posts tagged ‘Boston’
Boston Harbor – My heart sings and is more than ready for the next visit!!
City Square Park Fountain! Located on the Freedom Trail in Charlestown, MA.
DELICATE! On the Freedom Trail in Boston, MA is a monument remembering the Boston Massacre and the sacrifice of life on March 5, 1770. Crispus Attucks is considered to be the first casualty of the American Revolutionary War. His father was an African born slave and his mother a Natick Indian.
AT THE END OF THE DAY! Boston Strong! “Keep looking up! I learn from the past, dream about the future and look up. There’s nothing like a beautiful sunset to end a healthy day.” – Rachel Boston
IN THE PAST! USS Cassin Young (DD-793), a Fletcher-class destroyer. Berthed in the Boston Navy Yard next to the USS Constitution and is one of the only four surviving Fletcher-class destroyers still afloat. My father served on the first Fletcher-class destroyer, the USS Fletcher (DD-445). This is an awesome place to visit!
WHERE I STAND! The Old North Church in Boston, the location from which the famous “One if by land, and two if by sea” signal is said to have been sent.
SPARK A MEMORY! USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy, named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America. The boat is the world’s oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat.
TUCKED IN! Yes, tucked in right across from the Government Center Mass T station is a 227 gallon giant tea pot that has steam coming out the spout. Originally cast in 1873 for a tea company, it is now outside the “Steaming Kettle” Starbucks Store in Boston, Mass.
TOWERING! The Bunker Hill Monument in Boston. “I have no doubt that it was a principle they fought for, as much as our ancestors, and not to avoid a three-penny tax on their tea; and the results of this battle will be as important and memorable to those whom it concerns as those of the battle of Bunker Hill, at least. – Henry David Thoreau
