Historic Boston: the highlights, part 2

 

Sometimes the best history is found in ... a cemetery.

 

One of our too-short stops in the North End of Boston (which I completely fell in love with!) was the Copps Hill Burying Ground. This cemetery was, as explained by one of the informational placards, transformed during the Victorian era from a simple "burying ground" to a park.

 

 

 

 

 (Forgive the odd formatting on this post--Blogger has changed things all up and it's much harder to get things to look the way one wishes them to!)

 

 

 

 

One of my favorite discoveries was the family tomb of Cotton Mather, his son Increase, and grandson Samuel. I remember reading about Cotton Mather in church history, so in nosing around the CQ archives for connections to him, I really enjoyed MaryLu Tyndall's article, Cotton Mather: Preacher to the Pirates!

 

(Note the furry resident taking refuge in the construction around the monument ...)

And my youngest daughter, trying to see how close she can get to the wild bunny ...

 

Amongst other things we saw on this particular morning was the Revere house. We lacked the time to go in and tour, but I snapped an awkward selfie, and turned to capture the way the colonial building abuts a more modern construction before we had to hurry on.

 

And then there was the beautiful Old North Church! More on that next time, because it deserves its own post ...