Old State House (9)
Corner of Washington and State streets, 617-720-3292. Open daily 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Admission: $5; students & seniors $4; children (6–18) $1; children (under 6) free. Built in 1713, this seat of colonial government was the center of activity for such patriots as John Hancock and Samuel and John Adams. It was from the east balcony that the Declaration of Independence was first read in Boston.

Boston Massacre Site (10)
State Street in front of the Old State House. At the next intersection below the State House, a ring of cobblestones marks the site of the clash between a jeering Boston crowd and a British guard of nine soldiers on March 5, 1770.

Faneuil Hall (11)
Merchants Row and Faneuil Hall Square, 617-523-1300. Open daily 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Historical talks given daily every half hour 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Military museum open Mon–Fri 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. “The Cradle of Liberty” combines in one building a free enterprise market on the first floor with a free marketplace for the exchange of ideas upstairs.

Paul Revere House (12)
19 North Square, Hanover Street, 617-523-2338. Open daily 9:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m. Admission: $3; students & seniors with I.D. $2.50; children (5–17) $1; (under 5) free. The oldest home in Boston, built about 1680, was occupied by Paul Revere from 1770 to 1800.

Old North Church (13)
193 Salem St., 617-523-6676. Open daily 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Sun services at 9 and 11 a.m. Known as Christ Church and erected in 1723, this is Boston’s oldest standing church, where two lanterns were hung on April 18, 1775, signaling the Redcoats’ departure by sea for Lexington and Concord.

Copp’s Hill Burial Ground (14)
Open daily 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Hull Street. Set out in 1660, Copp’s Hill was Boston’s second cemetery. Many remarkable people are interred here, including Increase Mather, his son Cotton, Cotton’s son Samuel Mather and Edmund Hartt, builder of the U.S.S. Constitution.

Bunker Hill Monument (15)
Breed’s Hill, Charlestown, 617-242-5641. Climb the monument from 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Lodge and museum open daily 9 a.m.–5 p.m. The site of the historic battle of June 17, 1775.

U.S.S. Constitution (16)
Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, 617-242-5670. Open Tue–Sun from 10 a.m.–6 p.m, with tours until 3:30 p.m. This 44-gun frigate is the oldest commissioned warship in the world. The U.S.S. Constitution Museum, located adjacent to the ship, is open daily from 9 a.m.–6 p.m. Call 617-426-1812.