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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