On November 9-10, 1872, the Great Boston Fire destroyed 776 buildings across 65 acres. Old South Meeting House was saved at the last minute by this horse-drawn steam fire engine from Portsmouth, New Hampshire called Kearsarge Engine 3. #Boston #OldSouthMeetingHouse #FreedomTrail

The Library of the Day is this (not so little) #LittleFreeLibrary in the heart of #Boston! #47213 lives across the street from the #OldSouthMeetingHouse, where the #BostonTeaParty was planned.

Find a Little Free Library wherever you are: lflib.org/app

Horseshoe, left by the British, found under the floor of Old South during a 19th century renovation. #Boston #OldSouthMeetingHouse #FreedomTrail

Horseshoe, left by the British, found under the floor of Old South during a 19th century renovation. #Boston #OldSouthMeetingHouse #FreedomTrail

Horseshoe, left by the British, found under the floor of Old South during a 19th century renovation. #Boston #OldSouthMeetingHouse #FreedomTrail

Horseshoe, left by the British, found under the floor of Old South during a 19th century renovation. #Boston #OldSouthMeetingHouse #FreedomTrail

Horseshoe, left by the British, found under the floor of Old South during a 19th century renovation. #Boston #OldSouthMeetingHouse #FreedomTrail

In my newly realized Crone Era, I find myself now collecting old #books 📚

(in addition to old #maps) 🗺️

My #genealogy is new to me 🌳

But all the info about my #family #history is #old 🪦💀

and the pages smell like my grandma's #library 👵🏼🧶

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#amwriting #memoir #Boston #OldSouthMeetingHouse

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#oldsouthmeetinghouse #boston #massachusetts #sfo #sfba #funko #funkopop #sanfrancisco #sanfranciscobay #esseff #thecity #bayarea #sfhellscape

Horseshoe, left by the British, found under the floor of Old South during a 19th century renovation. #Boston #OldSouthMeetingHouse #FreedomTrail

Now on #TIEBlog
Educator and curator Ashleigh Coren considers how #museum spaces like the #OldStateHouse and #OldSouthMeetingHouse can encourage visitors to reconsider historical events from new perspectives ow.ly/jqGW50UHH2E #CivicEngagement #Boston

Have you taken a #WalksOnWednesday stroll down to see Ruckus at #RevolutionarySpaces (#OldSouthMeetingHouse) yet? bit.ly/4wFDMXd

Horseshoe, left by the British, found under the floor of Old South during a 19th century renovation. #Boston #OldSouthMeetingHouse #FreedomTrail

"A gentleman, who lately came from Boston, assures that the rebels in Boston, by order of their General Howe, have taken down the pulpit and all the pews in the Old South meeting house, and are using it for a riding school - this he saw." #Boston #BostonHistory #OldSouthMeetingHouse