Out of Range: Boston Part 2

Here's the rest of the Historic walking tour photo essay.

I've had a killer day of being up to my eyeballs in enzyme assays that don't work (are we measuring enzyme activity or the binding of dye to proteins? or what? I don't know...maybe tomorrow I will) and Girl Scout meetings. Where are we meeting next year? I don't know... But we're going backpacking and that's final.

But for now, here's more pictures.

This is the Old South Meeting house. It's a Puritan church, where Ben Franklin attended services. It's also where the crowd dispersed from before the Boston Tea Party.

This is the Old State House. If you Brits look closely you'll see something near and dear to your hearts. A handsome prize if you can identify it. Also notice the balcony. If you had stood there in 1775 or something, you would have had a nice view of the Boston Massacre, which I learned last week wasn't really much of a massacre. It was mostly unruly people starting fights, and lots of subsequent propaganda (Thanks Paul Revere--he's the one who made the famous Boston Massacre wood engraving that circulated around the world, and was probably in your elementary school text book. What really happened, I guess, is that a group of rowdy drunk colonists were sick of the British occupation of Boston and began picking on a guard near the Old State House one night. Lots of taunting ensued, church bells rang, and in the confusion shots were fired.)

Paul Revere's house. Behind the Park Ranger. It's not much to look at from the outside, but you can pay to go inside.

The Puritans went to church in boxes? This is the Old North Church, where the lanterns were hung in the steeple to send Paul Revere on his famous ride. The British are coming!

There are lots of old cemeteries in Boston.

The New State House. The hub of the universe I guess they call it. Paul Revere's company covered the dome in copper. And they also covered my cookware in copper.

The Shaw memorial across from the New State House on Beacon Hill. This was the first black regiment in the Civil War, I think. Or it was a black regiment in the Civil War. It's a nice sculpture and it's important. Go see it.

Boston Commons. It's a big, old park.

Dogs, cooling off in the Common.

There's an aquarium in Boston, it's covered in steel and looks very modern. We didn't go inside, but there was a display of Fat Seals outside. They were pretty fun to watch. And free.

Boston Scavenger Hunt Extravaganza #2!
Same rules, etc.

1)These ducks are EXTREMELY hard to find. Your answer must be specific. --"There are some trees near it" doesn't cut it, Anna.