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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mimi La Camera History in the Making: Boston Hotels Create
Special 50th Anniversary Freedom Trail®
Accommodation Packages Room and touring packages allow tourists to
experience the roots of American history within Boston’s modern
day city BOSTON — February 18, 2008 — Boston’s
leading hotels have created packages to celebrate the 50th
Anniversary of the Freedom Trail. The packages are in conjunction
with the Freedom Trail Foundation’s 50
Events to Celebrate 50 Years program,
a year-long, citywide program to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of one of the country’s most valued historic treasures
– Boston’s Freedom Trail. Special hotel offerings
allow visitors to create their own Freedom Trail getaways. Packages
include breakfast, parking, arrival gifts and luxurious extras.
“The Freedom Trail, An Artist’s View,” by Leonard Weber, entrance tickets
to Freedom Trail museums, or Walk Into History tours with a
Freedom Trail Player are also included. Participating hotels
include: · Boston Marriott Long Wharf · Boston Omni Parker House Hotel · Fairmont Copley Plaza · Hyatt Regency Boston · Intercontinental Boston · The Langham, Boston · The MidTown Hotel · Millennium Bostonian Hotel
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The Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common The 16 Freedom Trail
sites, the Freedom Trail Foundation and 20 other city entities
will present Freedom Trail and American Revolutionary history-related
events that mark Boston’s role in America’s founding. Under
the leadership of the Freedom Trail Foundation, tourism partners
will help promote the events, which are available at TheFreedomTrail.org. Month-by-Month Event Highlights · February (Black History month): Special tour of the Freedom Trail that tells the story of the important role of Black Bostonians in the Revolution, their contributions to the cause and heroic efforts to create a free nation. · March/April: Traditional annual events that celebrate significant historic dates, including Evacuation Day celebration; Boston Massacre re-enactments; lighting of the lantern in Old North Church; Paul Revere’s crossing of the Charles River and ride to Lexington and Concord; and Patriot’s Day parades. · July: Independence Day celebrations and fireworks and Harborfest. · August: More than 50 tents will house hundreds of Redcoat re-enactors, creating a living history weekend of camp life for Revolutionary-era British soldiers. Never before has there been a British encampment on Boston Common since British troops camped during the long, bitter siege of Boston that ended in 1776. · September/October: Performances of 18th-century classical music by the Handel & Haydn Society; a fife and drum concert – called a “tattoo” – at the formal opening of the Rose Kennedy Greenway; and a Discover Roxbury tour of Dorchester Heights, from which vantage point Colonists “drove out” the British soldiers.
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November/December: 235th reenactment of the Boston
Tea Party; Thanksgiving at Plimoth Plantation; a special exhibit
of Bank of America’s 18th century art collection
including landscapes, portraits and artifacts at the bank’s
gallery; and the opening of the 2008 season of the Historic
Holiday Stroll of the Freedom Trail. For a full calendar and additional details,
please visit TheFreedomTrail.org. About
the Freedom Trail The Freedom Trail is made up of 16 distinct, original historic sites related to the establishment of the country. It is a repository of some of the country’s most valuable historic and cultural artifacts. The Freedom Trail Foundation is charged to protect, restore, conserve, and raise public awareness of these sites of exceptional cultural and historic significance. Established in 1958, the Freedom Trail is a national icon and draws domestic and international visitors resulting in more than $800 million in spending annually. The Freedom Trail was designated as a Millennium Trail in 2000 by First Lady Hilary Clinton. It attracts more than three million tourists, residents of Massachusetts, and school children each year.
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