Bunker Hill, Boston is on the "Freedom Trail"

The monument to those who died at Bunker Hill

Our day in Boston included a trip across the Charles River by ferry to Charlestown, where we took the freedom trail from the USS Constitution to Winthrop Square and Bunker Hill. It was a strange experience to view the British as the 'enemy', although most Bostonians we met were immensely proud of their British and English roots. The Freedom Trail in Charlestown took us through streets with old weatherboard houses. On the opposite side of the river in Boston were more modern street scenes and high rise buildings, with a few historic sites interspersed. We followed the Freedom Trail through Boston as well tracing the final resting place of some of the state's original settlers. We were weary when we got back to the ship. Our last port of call in the United States would be Portland the following day.