Started out in Boston at Paul Revere's House:
Site of the Boston Massacre in front of the Old State House:
Actual tea from the Boston Tea Party. No joke. A bunch of it got in one guys' boots and he intentionally saved some it for posterity:
Revolutions crossover. Original van Dyck portrait of Charles I inside the Old State House. On loan from her majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The guide said I was the only person who ever asked her about it:
Grave of John Hanock in Granary Burying Ground. Also in there were Samuel Adams, James Otis, Paul Revere, and the victims of the Boston Massacre.
Boston Tea Party. Now a farce of a tourist trap...so we skipped it! This picture is taken from the perfectly lovely Harbor Cruise we did instead.
On Lexington Green:
At the Clark House in Lexington. This is the house Hancock and Adams were staying at when Revere came along and told them to clear out. Behind me is the door to the cellar Hancock's servant would have gone through when they sent him back for the fine specimen of salmon:
The drum used to muster the guys out of the Buckman Tavern after a scout showed up and said holy crap you guys the Regulars are actually on the way:
Inside the Monroe Tavern in Lexington, which the British used as a field hospital during the fighting on April 18. After Independence was won President George Washington went on a tour of New England, had dinner int he tavern and sat in this very chair. They wouldn't let me touch it.
The Old North Bridge. Where once embattled farmers stood and fired The Shot Heard Round the World:
At Trophy Point inside West Point next to a cannon captured at Saratoga. With two-time Tour alumnus Peggy sporting her Gentleman Johnny shirt.
Inside the West Point museum. Napoleon's sword. Given to Eisenhower by de Gaul after WWII for, you know, liberating France:
At Washington's Crossing with Legend Has It collaborator Mason Fields who just so happened to be in the neighborhood:
Replicas of the Durham boats used to cross the Delaware. Praise be to 14th Continental Regiment:
At Valley Forge. Washington's headquarters:
On to Philadelphia. Inside Independence Hall where they debated both Independence and the Constitution. Nice to finally stand in the room:
The Syng Inkstand, which they're 99% sure was used to sign both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution:
TOTALLY AWESOME
Congratulations on numéro deux!
Posted by: Scott Starr | 17 May 2015 at 08:26 PM
I put a big sign saying "Hello Revolutions Podcast!" in my office window (http://i.imgur.com/5DENS9G.jpg), but I suppose no one saw it. :(
Anyhow, I hope everyone had a ton of fun on the trip!
Posted by: Simon | 18 May 2015 at 08:22 AM