Christ Church
Built in 1761 by the Tories, it was used by the Provincial troops as a barracks during the siege of Boston and the lead pipe’s of the organ were melted for bullets. Washington attended services here New Year’s Eve 1775. We pass from the Church yard to the Old Burying Ground which contains the bodies of numerous Colonial people. At the edge of the cemetery we find an old granite milestone which bears the inscription “Boston 8 miles 1734.”
Entering our car we swing left around the Common following the traffic arrows and pass