Boston National Historical Park

National Historical Park · MA

Discover how one city could be the Cradle of Liberty, site of the first major battle of American Revolution, and home to many who espoused that freedom can be extended to all.

What you’ll hear

99 places to explore in this park.

  • Aft Berthing
  • "A State of Perfect Chaos" Sign
  • Bay State Suffrage Festivals at Copley Plaza Hotel
  • "Boston Harbor" Sign
  • "Boston, the Navy Yard, and the War of 1812" Sign
  • Bow
  • Breed's Hill
  • Building 10
  • Building 107
  • "Building 10" Sign
  • Building 5
  • Bunker Hill
  • Bunker Hill - Massachusetts Gate
  • Bunker Hill Monument
  • Bunker Hill Museum
  • Bunker Hill - Northwest Corner Lawn
  • Bunker Hill - Prescott Statue
  • Bunker Hill - Southeast Corner Marker
  • Bunker Hill - Southeast Lawn
  • Bunker Hill - Southwest Corner Lawn
  • Chain Forge, Building 105
  • Charles Street Jail
  • Charlestown Navy Yard
  • Charlestown Navy Yard Map Sign
  • CIC: Combat Information Center
  • Commandant's House
  • Copp's Hill Burying Ground
  • Corner of Tremont and Winter Streets
  • Dillaway-Thomas House
  • "Don't Give Up the Ship" Sign
  • Dorchester Heights
  • Dry Dock 1
  • Dry Dock 1 How it Works Sign
  • "Dry Dock 1" Sign
  • Fantail
  • First Public School Site
  • "Flags at Sea" Sign
  • Fort Hill
  • Fort Independence - Castle William
  • Foster's Hill
  • Gate 1
  • Granary Burying Ground
  • Introductory Wayside
  • John Waller Wayside
  • King's Chapel
  • King's Chapel Burying Ground
  • Lamb's Dam
  • "Life and Work in the Navy Yard in 1812" Sign
  • Marine Barracks
  • Meeting of the Committee of Remonstrants
  • Music Hall
  • Officers' Quarters
  • Old Corner Bookstore
  • "'Old Ironsides' in Dry Dock 1" Sign
  • Old North Church
  • Old South Meeting House
  • Old State House
  • Park Street Church
  • Paul Revere House
  • Pemberton Square Courthouse
  • Peter Brown Wayside
  • Peter Salem Wayside
  • Portal Crane
  • Prospect Hill, Somerville
  • Railroad Tracks
  • Ropewalk
  • "Serving the Fleet" Sign
  • Site of Boston School Committee Building
  • Site of Horticultural Hall
  • Site of MAOFESW Office
  • Site of Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association Office
  • Site of the Boston Equal Suffrage Association for Good Government (BESAGG) Office
  • Site of the Boston League of Women Voters Office
  • Site of the College Equal Suffrage League Office
  • Site of the MA Branch Office of the National Woman's Party
  • Site of the Margaret Brent Suffrage Guild Office
  • Site of the Massachusetts Man Suffrage Association Office
  • Site of the New England Woman's Club Office
  • Site of the New England Woman Suffrage Association (NEWSA) Office
  • Site of the Sunflower Lunchroom
  • Site of 'The Una' Office
  • Site of the Votes for Women Shop
  • Site of 'The Woman's Journal' Office
  • Start the Freedom Trail
  • The Aftermath Wayside
  • "The Changing Yard" Sign
  • The Engine Room
  • The Fire Room
  • The Galley
  • The Pilothouse & Bridge
  • The Retreat and the Pursuit Wayside
  • The Wardroom
  • "The Yard as Home" Sign
  • USS CASSIN YOUNG (DD 793)
  • "USS CASSIN YOUNG" Sign
  • USS CONSTITUTION
  • USS Constitution Museum
  • Washington and Summer Streets
  • "Working in the Yard" Sign

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