JIM COLYER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE & BOSTON

My parents and I journeyed to my sister's house in Nashua, New Hampshire in September, 1987. We spent time in Massachusetts. The trip marked my first real experience in New England

From Nashua, the ride down to Boston is a short one. We wasted no time getting to the suburbs of Lexinton and Concord. This is where the American Revolution began in 1775. We drove by Lexington Green and proceeded along the battle route to the Minute Man statue and the North Bridge, famous for "the shot heard 'round the world." The resistance here caused the inevitable break with England.

"We are standing at the heart of American history," I thought. Thoreau's cabin on Walden Pond was nearby.

In Boston, we took in the Old North Church and Paul Revere's home. It was two lanterns that were hung in the church's steeple, indicating the enemy was approaching by sea. The British planned to confuscate some ammunition stored at Concord. A friend of Paul Revere's flashed the signal. Revere was a goldsmith.

We took in the New England Aquarium by Boston Harbor

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