• Colonial Boston Map, Faneuil Hall and the Charlestown Navy Yard skyline

    Boston

    National Historical Park Massachusetts

  • New Visitor Center Opening

    The National Park Service visitor center at 15 State Street will close its doors on Monday, May 21, 2012 to be replaced by a new, state-of-the-art, visitor center opening in historic Faneuil Hall on Friday, May 25, 2012.

"The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people..."

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.

Features

  • Special Events

    Special Events

    Want to know if any special programs are taking place during your visit? Click here to find out.

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    e-News

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  • A ranger conducts Patriots of Color

    Education Programs

    Boston National Historical Park offers curriculum-based education programs for 3rd-5th grade. Click here to find out more!

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  • Commodore William Bainbridge

    Squaring the Yard

    Learn how it took one of America's naval heroes to fix the Charlestown Navy Yard.

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  • Rangers and Students Work Together

    In Our Back Yards

    See videos written and produced by Boston students about their local history.

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  • Interior of Faneuil Hall

    Webster's Reply to Hayne

    Does G.P.A. Healy's image of Daniel Webster even take place in Faneuil Hall?

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  • USS MASON is launched

    Destroyer Escorts

    Learn about the Destroyer Escorts built in the Boston Navy Yard during World War II.

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Did You Know?

King's Chapel

Next time they pass the plate at King's Chapel in Boston, give generously.  The steeple hasn't yet been completed.  They started working on it in 1749