King's Chapel Burying Ground
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King's Chapel Burying Ground is a historic graveyard on Tremont Street in Boston, Massachusetts, near its intersection with School Street, established in 1630. It is the oldest graveyard in the city a
The graveyard in 2022, looking toward King's Chapel and Tremont Street
King's Chapel and Burying Ground, 1833
Looking north along Tremont Street, showing the burying ground's location beside the chapel (2024)
John Winthrop's Tomb (died 1649)
Freedom Trail
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The Freedom Trail is a 2.5-mile-long path through Boston, Massachusetts, that passes by 16 locations significant to the history of the United States. It winds from Boston Common in downtown Boston to
King's Chapel Burying Ground
…in Boston, Massachusetts, near its intersection with School Street, established in 1630. It is the oldest graveyard in the city and is a site on the Freedom Trail. The graveyard pre-dates the adjacent King's Chapel, whose first structure was built in 1688, and it is not affiliated with any church despite its name…
Special markers implanted in the sidewalk denote the stops along the Freedom Trail
Freedom Trail marker through a red brick sidewalk
Freedom Trail next to Faneuil Hall