This Friday, we had a trail of black heritage in Boston which seems to be quite historic. Though it was so hot that everybody was very tired of this trail, some of us still wanted to finish this significant trail. Because we have only been here for almost one month, not just hanging around on the streets and buying stuffs in stores, but also we should learn and visit some famous places of this city which stored memory of its history.
Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Regiment Memorial is near the State House of MA
which is the begi
nning of this trail. It was said that President Lincoln admitted black soldiers into the Union forces in 1863. Then the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was the first black regiment to be recruited in the North.The 62 names listed on the lower portion of the monument are those soldiers who died during the assault. They were added in 1982.
Then we went to the George Middleton House which is the oldest extant house built by African Americans on B
eacon Hill. I really like the style of this house. The pity was that we could not be able to get in the house whi
ch is private now.
The next site is The Phillips House which is typical of 19th century schoolhouse in Boston. Watching this building, i could not help imagining the schoolhouses in the countryside of China which were poor and lack of facilities.
Other places that we visited such as John.J.Smith House, Charles street Meeting House, Lewis and Harriet Hayden House, Smith Court Residence, and Abiel Smith School which are all the most significant places in this trail. Getting tired and thirsty in this trail, so i think is was not enjoyable than i expected it to be. Maybe we should cut this kind of trail which makes everyone exhausted, and add some other activities which are much more easier to be finished.
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