| Let Us Guide You to the Perfect Gift!  Looking for a fun, educational gift for your children, grandchildren, family, and friends? The Freedom Trail® Foundation offers an array of tour options, including tickets good for any tour, any day, any time, all year long, as well as gift certificates for private tours! Tickets are just a click away, and are just $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, and $6.50 for children. Private tour certificates start at $125 for groups as large as 12 people, and must be ordered by phone. Just call (617) 357-8300 and have a printable gift certificate delivered via email in minutes! |
| Celebrate the Holidays with History  When the trees are sparkling and the window displays enticing, the Freedom Trail® Foundation joins revelers to celebrate the season with the annual Historic Holiday Stroll. While Christmas was not widely celebrated during the American Revolution in Boston, visitors may now enjoy Boston's festive atmosphere on this merry 90-minute tour offered Thursday through Sunday at 3:30 pm now through January 2014. Led by a costumed tour guide dressed in 19th century Dickensian garb, visitors learn how holiday traditions evolved in Boston while experiencing highlights of the American Revolution. The tour concludes with the chance to warm your bones with hot chocolate, tea, or wine and Boston Cream Pie at the historic Omni Parker House. Following the Stroll, guests enjoy 10 - 20% discounts off museum store purchases at Freedom Trail® sites, including the Old South Meeting House, Old State House, Paul Revere House, and Old North Church (valid with any Freedom Trail® Foundation tour receipt from November through February). This special Freedom Trail® Historic Holiday Stroll is offered to the public Thursday through Sunday and may also be booked as a private family or group tour (perfect for company outings). Beginning at the ArtsBoston Bostix Booth at Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Stroll tickets are $29 for adults and $19 for children and include a $1 donation to the Freedom Trail Foundation's Preservation Fund. Reservations are required 24 hours in advance. The Foundation also offers daily public Freedom Trail walking tours at 11:00 am and 12:00 noon throughout the season; an African-American Patriots Tour that tells the stories of black Bostonians who played an integral part in the Revolution on Saturday and Sunday in February at 12:45 pm; as well as a Historic Pub Crawl on Tuesdays at 5:30 pm - all about fermenting revolution in Boston's 18th century drinking establishments, which must be booked by reservation. For reservations, please call (617) 357-8300. |
| Foundation Mourns the Loss of Player and Friend, Bob Jolly
 The Freedom Trail® Foundation is deeply saddened to report the loss of Bob Jolly. Bob, known on the Trail as "Nathaniel Balch," hatter and friend to John Hancock, was a beloved guide at the Freedom Trail® for over seven years, and a fixture in Boston's history and tourism community for over a decade. Bob was born Jan. 2, 1953 in Baton Rouge, LA, the son of Dr. Henry W. and Jane (Conway) Jolly. He was named for his grandfather, E.A. "Bob" Conway, former Louisiana Secretary of State. Bob grew up in Baton Rouge, attending Catholic High School, and graduated from Spring Hill College in Mobile, AL in 1975. He also studied in the graduate Theater Department at Louisiana State University. Bob was a well-known and much-loved actor on Boston stages, and a premiere interpreter of the works of Gilbert and Sullivan, as a director and in performances of the comic "patter" roles. He worked with the Publick Theater, Lyric Stage Company, American Classics, Improbable Players, Emerson Stage, Boston Playwrights, New Ehrlich, and other companies in his 28-year career. His final performance was as Koko in "The Mikado" at Lyric Stage in September 2012. He won an IRNE Award "for consistent excellence" in 1997. His television credits include "Unsolved Mysteries," "American Experience," and "American Masters." Bob is survived by two sisters, Eugenia Saurage Jolly Goff of Asheville, NC, and Mary Etta Jolly Fizer and husband Rodney of Mount Blanchard, Ohio; a brother, H. William "Bill" Jolly and wife Margaret Rose (Losavio) of Baton Rouge, LA; a niece, Elizabeth Rose Jolly of Baton Rouge, and a nephew, Charles L. Hustmyre of Baton Rouge, and Marshall Williams of Woonsocket, RI, a close friend of 40 years, was by his side in the weeks before his death. Bob was laid to rest at the historic Mt. Auburn Cemetery in a procession led by a New Orleans-style jazz band on September 21. He is greatly missed by his friends, family, co-workers, and fans. We are saddened by our loss of such a wonderful man who was an integral part of Boston's visitor experience. |
| Want to Write for the Freedom Trail ® E-newsletter?  The Freedom Trail® Foundation produces an e-newsletter seasonally to inform supporters of activities, events, and exhibits along Boston's historic trail! In an effort to offer readers more history, we're looking for short (500-1000) word articles to feature in each issue.
Articles must be connected in some way to at least one Freedom Trail® site, and subjects relating to colonial, revolutionary, and early federalist periods will be strongly favored, though we are open to using pieces on subjects as late as the 20th century. Please send queries to mwilding@thefreedomtrail.org. Undergraduate and graduate students, independent scholars, and professional historians are encouraged to submit articles for unpaid publication. |
| Take Guided Tours of the Freedom Trail® All Winter Long! 
Currently the Freedom Trail® is offering opportunities to walk the trail daily - the Walk Into History tour leaving from Boston Common is the official 90-minute walking tour of the Freedom Trail, featuring tales of high treason, mob agitations, revolutionary actions, and partisan fights of the American Revolution, covering 11 of Boston's 16 historic Freedom Trail® sites.
Times: 11:00 am & 12 noon
Prices: Adults: $13 Seniors/Students: $11 Children 12 and under: $7
All tickets include $1 donation to the Freedom Trail Foundation Preservation Fund.
Save money buying general admission tickets online! Private family, school, and group tours are available year-round. Call 617-357-8300 for availability and pricing.  |
| Advertise with The Freedom Trail®!
The Freedom Trail® enjoys over 4 million visitors every year. Tap into this lucrative market directly with advertising opportunities on the Freedom Trail Foundation's website, tickets, e-newsletters, and in printed materials throughout the year.
TheFreedomTrail.org has 2,000 unique visitors every day! All of them are looking for things to do in Boston. Make your business part of their itinerary, and help with marketing and preservation of some of America's most precious historic treasures at the same time!
Get your message right in the customers' hands with online ticket ads. With over 100 tickets sold every day, emailed tickets turn "steps off the Trail" into must-visit attractions, dining, and shopping.
Contact us today and let us work within your budget to create the perfect advertising package and maximize your business' exposure to very desirable, high income, well-educated, and active visitors.
Matthew Wilding
Content Director
(617) 357-8300, x205
Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity! Help your business grow while assisting in preserving and promoting the Freedom Trail®! Create your advertising package today! |
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| Events Calendar
24oth Anniversary Boston Tea Party Reenactment Monday, December 16 - 6:30pm
Presented by Old South Meeting House and Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum Relive the event that changed American history forever, the Boston Tea Party, in the same place where it all began 240 years ago. Join Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and John Hancock for a fiery debate about the tea tax. Then, follow the Sons of Liberty on a march to the tea ships in Boston Harbor to make salt water tea for the fishes. Old South Meeting House 310 Washington Street Boston, MA 02108 (617) 482-6439
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| MP3 Player Tour Download the Hear History audio guide to your iPod or other personal player and walk the Freedom Trail® at your own pace. Just $15.
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| Watch us on YouTube
Freedom Trail® is on YouTube! Subscribe to our channel today to view This Day in History and other informative and entertaining videos throughout the year!
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| Support the Freedom Trail
Freedom Trail® Foundation's Preservation Fund helps provide funding for capital projects at Freedom Trail® sites. You can help preserve our national heritage, too! |
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