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Attraction · 1951

The Freedom Trail

A 2.5-mile route marked by brick, paint, and signs, linking 16 colonial, Revolutionary, and federal sites from Boston Common through the North End to Charlestown.

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The Freedom Trail
Photograph · Michael Holley en:User:Swtpc6800 User:Swtpc6800 / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
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Boston400’s organizing geography: the trail is the graph, drawn on the sidewalk.

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01The right next stopBoston Public GardenClose enough to feel spontaneous, different enough to change the texture of the visit.5 min walk
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Durjoy Ace BhattacharjyaLocal History EditorLook for the older layer before you move on. This object is connected to more than its facade suggests.Boston Public Library →
Civic memory

What this meant before

19511951The Freedom Trail enters the civic record here.
Established
1951
Public connections
1
Sources
2
Plan your visit
Get there
T · TransitUberLyftWalk

In the public graph 1 typed relationship

Located in

Nearby what sits within a few minutes’ walk

Park / Public space · 5 min walk

Boston Public Garden

Historical context

Boston Massacre (1770)1770
An unexpected connection

The Freedom Trail is linked, through the graph, to Boston — city, 10 min walk away. The kind of thread you only find by following the connections.

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NearbyA few minutes’ walk away
Boston Public GardenPark / Public spaceBoston Massacre (1770)Historical event
Visitors also exploreReached through the same connections
Boston Tea Party (1773)Historical eventMidnight Ride of Paul Revere (1775)Historical eventBattle of Bunker Hill (1775)Historical event

One identity, 1 editorial lens one canonical entity URL

Boston400.com · you are here

How we know graph confidence — we explain our certainty, not just assert it

Reviewed byDurjoy Ace Bhattacharjya
83
High confidence
How this is scored →
✓Source qualityBest source is primary / institutional
✓Independent corroboration2 resolvable sources
✓Review stateReview attributed to durjoy-ace-local-history-editor
✓Institutional backingCites a primary or institutional source
✓Record completeness80% of canonical fields present
Sources, by tier
Freedom Trail Audio Described Brochure Primary / institutional
U.S. National Park Service Primary / institutional
Review date: 2026-08-23
Graph scores — our north star is relationship density, not page count
Relationship density13
1 connection
Record coverage70
metadata completeness
Graph authority54
centrality + reach + trust
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