OLD SHIP CHURCH – PICTURE GALLERY
OLD NORTH CHURCH – PICTURE GALLERY
OLD SOUTH FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NEWBURYPORT – PICTURE GALLERY
KING’S CHAPEL, BOSTON – PICTURE GALLERY
UNITED FIRST PARISH CHURCH OF QUINCY – PICTURE GALERY
BATTLE OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD (LEXINGTON AND CONCORD BATTLEFIELD)
Lexington, Massachusetts (1775 AD) The Battle of Lexington and Concord, fought between a force of British regulars and Massachusetts militiamen, was the first engagement of the American Revolution. What began as a raid on local stores of weapons and military supplies became a rout as thousands of irregular colonial forces turned out to harass the British troops as they … [Read more...]
SNOW VALLEY
Manchester, Vermont In 1954, movie stars Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye took the legendary Snow Train from New York City to Vermont, a stack of Irving Berlin songs in hand, and immortalized the area forever in the holiday classic White Christmas. The film, a very loose remake of the previous decade’s Holiday Inn, recounts the story of two army buddies who try to save a friend’s … [Read more...]
JAMES PIERPONT SITES
Medford, Massachusetts & Savannah, Georgia Prior to the mid-19th century, holiday music was almost exclusively of a sacred nature, with perhaps a handful of festive English carols thrown in. But in the 1850s, pop Christmas music was born when James Lord Pierpont, a prominent American songwriter, published One Horse Open Sleigh. Later known as Jingle Bells, this simple, … [Read more...]
OLD SHIP CHURCH
Hingham, Massachusetts The Old Ship Church is one of America’s great religious treasures. Dating from the late 7th century, it is the oldest church in continuous use in the United States, having been used for worship every year for over three hundred and thirty years. It is also the oldest surviving Puritan Meeting House in the United States, and the only remaining church … [Read more...]
