I was able to visit the NEHGS Library in Boston during a FGS Conference, I believe, in 2006. I also took in a handful of Revolutionary War sites as part of a Freedoms Foundation teacher workshop in 1998.
I really need a return trip to Massachusetts since so many ancestral families first set foot in America by way of Plymouth or Boston.
Plymouth, of course, would be high on the list: Plimoth Plantation, the Mayflower II, Plymouth Rock, Pilgrim Museum, and other sites related to the 1620 landing.
Boston: The Freedom Trail, Tea Party Ships and Museum, Old South Meeting House, and other Revolutionary War-related sites, including Lexington and Concord.
Salem and Danvers: Sites related to the 1692 witch trials, especially the Nurse House [home to Francis and Rebecca [Towne] Nurse.]
The families relocated to towns outside of Plymouth and Boston over the years: Sutton, Marshfield, Scituate, Taunton, Topsfield and others. Historical sites in those towns would be worth a visit.
The Lynn/Saugus Iron Works would be a must-see in honor of Scotsman Malcolm MacCallum. The Adams National Historical Park in Quincy also fits into the tour.
Research? A return to the NEHGS Library is at the top of the list. Historical and genealogical society research libraries in Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Plymouth, Sussex and Worcester Counties also fit the bill.
The problem is that this trip would probably require about three months!!
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