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Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Boston Homage Walk - Part 3 - By Savvy Mom Ruth Paget

Boston Homage Walk – Part 3 – By Savvy Mom Ruth Paget


With my books in tow, we toured Cambridge.  We took the T Red Line back to Boston and took the Freedom Trail to Paul Revere’s home.  Paul Revere (1735 – 1818) is famous for alerting the Patriots that the British were coming as war started.

Revere’s parents were French Protestants (Huguenots), who taught him to be a silversmith.  I have seen his work at the Henry Ford Village in Dearborn, Michigan.  Revere’s simple lines and curves make his works easy to hold and behold.

Revere’s home was made of wood and had shutters on the bottom floor windows and diamond-pane windows on the second floor.  Both features appeared defensive.

We could just view the exterior of the home due to the hour and walked to Faneuil Hall.

Peter Faneuil gave this hall to the City of Boston in 1742.  Peter Faneuil (1700 – 1743) also had French Huguenot parents.  He made his fortune in the Triangle Trade of rum and slaves.

We were very tired from walking by this time and went to McCormick and Schmick’s for dinner.  Laurent ate clam chowder and lobster while I tried fish chowder and a mini clam bake.

Wow! That was a good meal after a good day of hiking through Boston and Cambridge.


By Ruth Paget, author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

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