Boston Freedom Trail

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l of their activities, the group continued to meet for six years leading to the foundation of the Park Street Church in February of 1809.
The members of the Religious Improvement Society believe they were doing God’s work. In April 1809, their gathering place was chosen to serve as a beacon of the hope in Christ. One year later, they had managed to raise over $ 100,000 to complete the construction of our current meetinghouse.
Peter Banner, a British architect living in Boston, was in charge of the construction of the edification; Benajah became the chief mason, and Solomon Willards the woodcarver. The construction work began in mid-April with the dismantling of the Old Granary Building of 1728 in which the sails for the U.S.S. Constitution were sewn.
4) GRANARY BURYING GROUND.
The next Burying ground is the city’s third oldest place used in 1660. Located on two acres of land that were situated next to the Old Granary, the cemetery is the final resting place of many famous people. On the left of the Burying ground, a large pillar mar...