A REVOLUTIONARY DAY ,
ALONG HISTORIC US ROUTE 20
A REVOLUTIONARY WAR ROAD TRIP
TRIP LOG
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INTRODUCTION:
A Revolutionary Day that tracks the expulsion of the British from Boston
- Early Morning -- Mile Mark 0.0
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- PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS: A
crossroad to Fort Ticonderoga twice in 1775.
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- LENOX: Colonial home
of Major General John Paterson and Major Azariah Egleston.
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- STOCKBRIDGE:
A historic and picturesque Berkshire village.
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- GREAT
BARRINGTON: Local militia helped to defeat the rebels at the last
battle of Shays’ Rebellion.
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- Mid-Morning -- Mile Mark 81.0
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- WESTFIELD:
Where Henry Knox celebrated the near completion of his journey to Boston.
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- WEST
SPRINGFIELD: Home to the created colonial village of Storrowton on
the grounds of the Eastern States Exposition.
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- SPRINGFIELD:
Home to the historic Court Square Park and the first United States arsenal.
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Late Morning -- Mile Mark 106.9-
- PALMER: A
part of the George Washington Memorial Highway.
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- STURBRIDGE: Home
of the 1771 Publick House.
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- Early-Afternoon -- Mile Mark 122.6
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- NORTHBOROUGH:
A picturesque town that has the last Knox Trail marker on this Revolutionary
War road trip.
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- MARLBOROUGH:
A town whose family roots include those of Artemus Ward, the commander of the
Continental Army before George Washington’s appointment.
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WAYSIDE INN:
The inn where patriots and guests gathered and inspired Longfellow’s Tales
of a Wayside Inn. -
- Mid-Afternoon -- Mile Mark 163.4
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- WAYLAND:
Once an important stagecoach stop on the way to Boston.
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- CONCORD:
The town where the Revolutionary War began when American’s first open-fired
on British troops.
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- Late Afternoon -- Mile Mark 177.5
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- LEXINGTON:
The town famous for the “shot heard ‘round the world.”
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- Early Evening -- Mile Mark 200.2
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- BUNKER HILL:
The battlefield where Americans tried to stop the expansion of the British
occupation of Boston.
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- CHARLESTOWN:
On today's Freedom Trail, the town that was destroyed by British cannon
prior to the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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- NORTH END:
Cross the Charles River on the Charlestown Bridge.
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- DOWNTOWN BOSTON:
Where many of Boston’s most historic sites can be found.
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