Interview with Robert Newman — At the Old North Church, 193 Salem Street, Boston, Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts — The Old North Church, 193 Salem Street, North End Look up at the steeple. It rises 191 feet above Salem Street in Boston’s North End — the tallest point in the city when it was built in […]
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Interview with George Robert Twelves Hewes — At Griffin’s Wharf, Near 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts — Griffin’s Wharf, Near 470 Atlantic Avenue Stand here long enough, and it starts to bother you — the absence of water. On the night of December 16, 1773, Griffin’s Wharf was exactly what the name promised:
Interview with Samuel Adams — At the Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts — The Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street Look up at the tower. It rises 183 feet above Washington Street — the tallest thing in Boston when it was built in 1729, a Puritan church that
⚠️ Author’s Note: The following is a fictional historical interview. Guglielmo Marconi was a real inventor, entrepreneur, and pioneer of wireless communication. His experiments in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries helped transform radio from a scientific curiosity into a practical means of communication across great distances. In 1909, he shared the Nobel Prize
Interview with Peter Faneuil — At Faneuil Hall, Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts — Faneuil Hall, Congress Street There is a grasshopper on the roof. It has been there since 1742 — a four-foot copper weathervane, bright green with age, perched above one of the most famous buildings in American history. During the Revolutionary
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Interview with James Otis Jr. and Samuel Adams — At the Old State House, 206 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts — The Old State House, 206 Washington Street Stop for a moment at the corner of Washington Street and State Street in downtown Boston and look up. Everything around you is glass and steel
Interview with Benjamin Edes and Ebenezer Mackintosh — At the Liberty Tree Site, Corner of Washington Street and Essex Street, Boston, Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts — The Corner of Washington Street and Essex Street Most people walk right past this corner without a second glance. Traffic moves. Pedestrians scroll their phones. The plaque on the building
⚠️ Author’s Note: The following is a fictional historical interview. Elizabeth Clawson was a real resident of Stamford, Connecticut, who was accused of witchcraft in 1692 during the same year as the Salem Witch Trials. Historical records indicate that she was accused after Katherine Branch, a servant girl, reported fits and visions in which she
