No hockey today

I went into Boston again with the camera today.  I took 389 pictures.  My 0.5 gigabyte memory card was completely filled.

I visited Boston Common, the Public Garden, and the Esplanade.  As well as a few stops on the Freedom Trail.

We’ll begin with the Esplanade.  Here’s a picture of the Hatch Shell.  Today is Father’s Day.  In a couple of weeks we’ll be celebrating the 4th of July.  Independence Day.  This spot is ground zero for Boston’s 4th of July Celebration.  Nearly a million people will try and squeeze themselves onto this very spot.

Next I’ll give you a bunch of shots from the Old Granary Burial Ground.  This is one of the stops on the Freedom Trail.  I believe this is Boston’s oldest cemetary.  For some reason I enjoy visiting this site.  There is a lot of history here, as well as some really interesting artwork on the headstones.  This stone has a design that’s called a “death’s head.”  I think I want one of these on my headstone when my time comes.

Another image seen on a lot of the graves is the “winged cherub.”

There are a number of people who were critical to the revolutionary movement in Massachusetts who are buries in this cemetary.  Here are the best known:

Samuel Adams

Paul Revere

John Hancock

The next one isn’t a hero of the Revolution.  It’s the parents of a hero of the Revolution.  Josiah and Abiah Franklin.  The parents of Benjamin Franklin.  Ben is best known as a resident of Philadelphia, but he was born and raised in Boston before running off to Philly (via New York) at about 17 years of age.

You know it’s a small world when you find a gravestone that is almost 270 years old that could possibly be a relative of yours.

Two more pictures.  The first is a headstone for the vicitms of the Boston Massacre, followed by a relief from a monument remembering the Massacre that is on Boston Common.

Paul Revere is famous for having made an image of the Boston Massacre (that had little resemblance to the actual event) that stirred up a lot of bad feelings from the Colonists in Boston toward the British.  I don’t know if this is the same image, but I really hope it is.

That’s all for now.  I’ll sift through the rest of the 380 images and post some more later.