﻿The British Invade Boston

The British Invade Boston

3/24/2016

Mob rule over the previous three years had literally scared the British authorities into helplessness or flight back to England. Parliamentary law after law had been undermined by Colonial sedition. Two British regiments, the 14th, and 29th, landed in Boston on October 1, 1768, with 2,000 soldiers and various artillery, horse and support troops. The soldiers expected an active revolution. They initially received the cold shoulder. Our Boston Massacre tour will build on social, religious, military and legal issues that were ignited eighteen months later on March 5, 1770 at the location below.
Our tour will not quite take this long. Standard tours are ninety-minutes but can be very informative in an hour.
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Local Bostonians engulfed in the unique history of our town. We enjoy walking and talking history, it is more interesting than historical fiction. We will tailor any tour to the nature of your group, college, high school/middle school, international, retirees, history buffs, general public wishing to walk beyond the Freedom Trail., Tours can be adjusted to be ADA compliant.

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10/22/2019, MITCH, ARLENE, NANCY AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR TODAY'S TOUR OF BOSTON. WE LOVED SEEING BOSTON THROUGH YOUR EYES AND WERE AMAZED WITH ALL YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE CITY. YOU ARE REALLY GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO. BOBBIE.

7/15/2019, MITCH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVATE TOUR ALONG THE FREEDOM TRAIL. WE LOVED THE WAY YOU LAYERED ALL THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE REVOLUTION GIVING US AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE POLITICS AND CONTRASTING VIEWSPOINTS OF THE "ENGLISH COUSINS". WE ESPECIALLY FOUND THE TALK AT FANEUIL HALL MOST TIMELY IN TODAYS STATE OF POLITICS. THANKS MUCH, THE GIRLS FROM CHICAGO.
9/16/2018, comments on Paul Revere group tour.
ruth, It was a terrific tour. You clearly have done a lot of research. Thanks for the additional information.

EM, Mitch, thank you for the additional information. It was a wonderful few hours and I will assume you Get credit for the glorious weather.

Thank you so much, Mitch and Nancy! The "rest of the story" info you sent is the icing on the cake. Your tour was perfect-great information presented in an entertaining, casual way. The wonderful weather helped, of course. Thanks again for offering your tour. Hope to do it again.
Best,
Sue

8/13/2018
Great Work! So glad to see other walking guides whose research and use of primary sources is so thorough. DLa xxx (a.k.a. Mistress xxxxxxxxx de la xxx) #ocbground

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The tour of the freedom trail with the emphasis on Paul Revere was very informative. We started at the state house and learned about its architecture. We continued through Boston Commons and past the burial grounds. We then continued to the north end and Paul Revere’s house. At each stop Mitch had many interesting and little known facts to tell us. We were surprised by the number of occupations Paul Revere had. During our walk through the north end Mitch pointed out various restaurants to eat in. The tour was about 2 miles of walking and lasted about 1 hour 45 minutes and was most enjoyable. We would definitely take another tour with Mitch in the future.
Betsy, florida

6/5/2018

Hi Sheila,

I just wanted to tell you and Mitch how very much I enjoyed today. Mitch is passion for history comes through loud and clear in his delivery.

I learned new facts about Paul Revere that I had never known before.

Mitch was so well-prepared including all of the pictures and it was obvious that heput a lot of time and effort into this tour and the presentation.

So thank you so much for the invitation
He did a great job!
leslie b, Natick

10/18/2017Hi Mitch, finally getting to say thank you for such an enjoyable day and tour of Paul Revere etc.. I truly learned so much and loved walking through so much of historic Boston! PHYLIS, nh

9/5/2017
Hi Beth,
Thanks for asking us to go on your tour, Mitch, of Boston’s historic sites. Your enthusiasm and love of history is contagious. You made history come alive. Sorry I had to leave early. I bet the tour of the North End was equally exciting! You put your all into it.
sarah r. Wellesley

6/15/2017 gxxxxen@snhu.edu Comment 6/1/2017, Your remarks about John Hancock really painted a historical image of the man.

Irishman1987
I was there that day with members of Jerusalem lodge #104 Keene NH, I am so glad I had the chance to attend this event and pay my respects.

6/3/2017 GS, SNHU,edu, Mitch your remarks about John Hancock really painted an historical image of the man.

10/15/2016 Thank you so much for the Boston Massacre Tour. I never knew it was such a complicated affair. I particularly liked the incidental historical stops about Colonial Boston. I hadn't been downtown for years. You opened up so much for me. June, Natick Ma.

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