We join American tourists on the US Constitution

Much to my delight we had a whole day in Boston and intended to make the most of it. One of my friends had given me a guide book to the city as a Birthday present, so we were well informed and well prepared. I had also picked up a leaflet in Groton Church, Suffolk, England, which I had brought with me. Those puritans who emigrated from England in the early 17th century had high ideals about running a new community. The ideals laid down then, conformity of worship, diligence and hard work have resulted in a clean and prosperous modern city. It was the descendants of these same puritans who refused to pay taxes to England and, dressed as native Americans, stormed a ship with a cargo of tea and chucked the lot into the water. The "Boston Tea Party".

Here is "Old Ironsides" otherwise known as the US Constitution
which withstood British bombardment in 1775 

We took the ferry from Boston, over the Charles River to Charlestown to see the USS Constitution. We explored the ship, which was built in Boston and first sailed in 1778. She withstood British cannon in 1812 so successfully, she earned the nickname of "Old Ironsides". After exploring all over the ship, we visited the museum and shop, where I bought some chocolate drops in tins with pictures of the USS Constitution on them for my grandsons. Charlestown has some old weatherboard houses in it and some of these border a square called Winthrop Square and are in a road called Winthrop Road. We also visited the memorial on Bunker Hill. This obelisk commemorates a battle between the Americans and the British in 1775, in which there were many casualties on both sides. Charlestown has many reminders of those puritans who came across the Atlantic from England to start a "New World" and the battles their descendants fought for independence.