Back to Boston

These are the pictures I promised to post from Tuesday, when we returned to Boston.

Old North Church. This is the church Paul Revere prayed in. It is the oldest church in Boston, an Episcopal church built in 1723.

So many cool things about this church...

The Chandeliers have been hanging in the church since Christmas Eve, 1794.

The Organ was built in 1749 by a parishioner (missed the name!) and his brother

The Angels were carved in what is now Belgium. They were actually stolen. When the church found out, they tried to return them to their rightful owner, but were told the church could keep them.

This church still has box pews. Box pews were used to keep the parisioners warm. They brought a metal box from home with hot coals in it. When placed in the box pew, the heat would stay in longer than if in a large, open room. Families would make donations to the church to "buy" the approximately 5 ft X 5 ft pews, and decorated them however they wanted.

Here is an example of how one of the pews was decorated. These were actual decorations used.

By 1806, most churches removed box pews, since they were centrally heated by then.

Memorial Gardens for troops and others who lost their lives in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Each of these blank dog tags represent a life lost.

A lot of dog tags.

Our group and the Del Rio group standing under the Paul Revere statue.

These stones are from England! When the US and England traded goods, the US's goods were lighter items, such as textiles. The goods coming from England were heavier, like iron pieces.The stones were used on the way here help keep the boat balanced. Since the stones were not needed on the return trip (because the items were lighter), they were left here, and used to build streets, like these.

In the background, Sally is on the phone, sitting for probably the first time all day. We are "on the go" from the time we wake up, until the time we go to sleep! (She's doing great!  :) )

Paul Revere's house. 90% of it is original, except for the windows.

Kelsia, Christine, Kayleigh, and Reagan posing on the observation deck of the Prudential Building. There was a beautiful view of Boston behind them, but it was hard to capture with a camera!

Although I could not get a good picture of the lights, I was able to get this picture of Fenway Park~ The Red Socks were playing that night!