Location chosen in 1630 to be the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Settled in 1631 under leadership of Thomas Dudley and called the New Town. The College ordered to be here, 1637. Name changed to Cambridge after the English University Town, . . . — — Map (db m48824) HM
The Soldiers and Sailors of Cambridge, whose names here are inscribed, died in the service of their country, in the war for the maintenance of the Union. To perpetuate the memory of their valor and patriotism, this Monument is erected by the . . . — — Map (db m177016) HM WM
The Connecticut River valley has a large number of dinosaur tracks preserved in sedimentary rocks. These footprints were cast from tracks at Dinosaur State Park in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. The site was discovered in 1966 and has more than 2,000 . . . — — Map (db m186293) HM
From this site
on October 9, 1876
the first two-way long distance
telephone conversation was carried
on for three hours. From here in
Cambridgeport Thomas G. Watson
spoke over a telegraph wire to
Alexander Graham Bell
at the office . . . — — Map (db m49766) HM
Constructed November 1775 by the Continental Army under General George Washington This fort was used during the Siege of Boston and helped force its evacuation by the British — — Map (db m18763) HM
Site of the
Fourth Meeting House
built in 1756.
Here Washington worshipped
in 1775.
Constitutional Convention
of Massachusetts
held here in 1779.
Lafayette welcomed here
in 1824. — — Map (db m77777) HM
To the memory of Gen. Casimir Pulaski Polish Patriot who fought for freedom on two continents. He volunteered his services to the Continental Army of the U. S. For distinguished service at the Battle of Brandywine, he was appointed a Brigadier . . . — — Map (db m18166) HM
To the memory of Gen. Thaddeus Kosciuszko Polish Patriot • • • Hero of two continents • Champion of Liberty and the rights of man • • He came to America in 1776 and volunteered his services for the cause of American Revolution • His valor and . . . — — Map (db m18167) HM
Harriet A. Jacobs was born into
slavery in Edenton, North
Carolina, to Delilah Horniblow and Daniel Jacobs.
Harriet and her brother John (who
later lectured for the abolitionist
movement) were orphaned at an early
age and passed down to . . . — — Map (db m176358) HM
Built by the Province of The Massachusetts Bay In New England, in 1763
Named in honor of Thomas Hollis of London, Merchant, and other members of the same family, constant and generous benefactors of Harvard College from 1719 to 1804
. . . — — Map (db m109037) HM
Near this spot from 1655 to 1698 stood the Indian College. Here American Indian and English students
lived and studied in accordance with the 1650 charter of Harvard College calling for the education of the English and Indian youth of this . . . — — Map (db m77789) HM
Historic Plaque On this spot stood Jake & Earl's Dixie BBQ
A favorite hangout of local patriots
Destroyed by a regiment of British troops in
the spring of 1775.
Officially not on the Freedom Trail, it was
still one of Paul Revere's . . . — — Map (db m70038) HM
On the evening of October 11, 1920, James Walter Mullally, a crossing tender on the Boston & Maine Railroad at the North Cambridge station, which was located nearby, lost his life in a vain attempt to rescue the aged Mrs. Emma Osgood from an . . . — — Map (db m100461) HM
Old Burying Ground Burial place of early settlers Tory landowners and slaves Soldiers · Presidents of Harvard and prominent men of Cambridge 1635 — — Map (db m176995) HM
Old Cambridge Baptist Church
A Progressive Peace and Justice Congregation
Founded in 1844
This building, designed by Alexander Esty and constructed between 1867 and 1870,
has been listed on the State and National Registers of Historic . . . — — Map (db m177013) HM
Reverend Thomas Hooker and his congregation took this path on their exodus from Cambridge in 1636. The strong bent of their spirits caused them to seek new lands and eventually to found Hartford in Connecticut. [ Second Marker: ] View . . . — — Map (db m44255) HM
At Number 21 Linnaean Street is the Cooper-Austin House built in 1657 at what was then the northern end of the Cambridge Cow Common, by John Cooper, selectman, town clerk, and deacon of the church. — — Map (db m43049) HM
Prof. John Winthrop The greatest American mathematician and philosopher of his time A fellow of the Royal Society Lived here from 1746 to 1779 1714-1779 — — Map (db m177014) HM
While red granite is found elsewhere in the world, this block is from the same quarry that provided stones for the outer casing of Menkaure's pyramid at Giza, Egypt and for other ancient monuments and statues. This block is the same size as the ones . . . — — Map (db m186292) HM
Route of William Dawes Past this place at midnight, April 18-19, 1775, rode at the gallop William Dawes, member of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company and first rider to alert the Minutemen that the British were marching on Lexington and . . . — — Map (db m177009) HM
Here at the river’s edge the settlers of Watertown led by Sir Richard Saltonstall landed July 30, 1630.
Here Reverend George Phillips protest in 1632 against taxation without representation struck the first note of civil liberty heard in this . . . — — Map (db m43365) HM
Here at the river's edge the settlers of Watertown led by Sir Richard Saltonstall landed in June 1630. Later this spot became known as Gerry's Landing, for Elbridge Gerry, signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Massachusetts who . . . — — Map (db m48016) HM
In Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of
The Smoot
In October 1958 the span of this bridge was measured using the body of Oliver Reed Smoot MIT '62 and found to be 364.4 smoots +/-1 ear. This provided a very useful metric for . . . — — Map (db m178280) HM
These cannon were abandoned at Fort Independence (Castle William) by the British forces when they evacuated the City of Boston March 17, 1776 — — Map (db m18003) HM
Built in 1759 Headquarters for George Washington 1775 – 1776 . Home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Family & Descendants 1837 1950 — — Map (db m19085) HM
Washington’s General Orders given at Cambridge, July 4, 1775 “The Continental Congress having taken all the troops of the several Colonies, which have been raised, or which may be hereafter raised for the support and defence of the . . . — — Map (db m17999) HM
Washington Street, Somerville, and Kirkland and Brattle Streets, Cambridge, "Skirting marshes and river," follow the old Indian trail from Charlestown to Watertown. Along this way in 1636 went the Reverend Thomas Hooker and his congregation on their . . . — — Map (db m48017) HM
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