After our walking tour of Salem, we headed down to Boston to the monument at Bunker Hill.
Just like Salem has a walking trail to follow, Boston has one as well called The Freedom Trail. We would walk it tomorrow, but we came to the end of it at the monument.
We went inside the visitor's center first to learn a bit more before it closed. We learned about the battle that happened here, including listening to audio while looking at a model of the battle.
We also learned about the details of the monument. We arrived with time to either go in the visitor's center or to climb up to the top of the monument. We had already gone inside, not realizing this beforehand. So unfortunately we didn't get that chance to go inside.
The visitor's center also had cool artifacts from the battle that took place on the hill. This was just one of them--a drum from the British army.
The kids always like to look at the things for sale. Sarah liked the little Revolutionary hero dolls. Glenn liked the model guns and sling shots, etc.
After the visitor's center, we went outside to get a look at the actual monument and the historical information surrounding it.
The kids liked running down the steep hill on our way back to the car. I didn't--something about being pregnant, I guess. ;) But I'm glad they have their dad to run and play with them.
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