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Historical Tour Attractions In Massachusetts

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Massachusetts , officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south, New Hampshire and Vermont to the north, and New York to the west. The state is named after the Massachusett tribe, which once inhabited the east side of the area, and is one of the original thirteen states. The capital of Massachusetts is Boston, which is also the most populous city in New England. Over 80% of Massachusetts's population lives in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, a region influent...
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  • 5. Cambridge Historical Tours Cambridge
    Fresh Pond is a reservoir and park in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Prior to the Pond's use exclusively as a reservoir, its ice had been harvested by Boston's Ice King, Frederic Tudor, and others, for shipment to North American cities and to tropical areas around the world.Fresh Pond Reservation consists of a 155-acre kettle hole lake, and 162 acres of surrounding land, with a 2.25 mile perimeter road popular with walkers, runners and cyclists, and a nine-hole golf course.
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  • 7. Harvard Historical Walking Tour Cambridge
    John Harvard is a sculpture in bronze by Daniel Chester French in Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Massachu­setts honoring John Harvard , whose deathbed bequest to the schoale or Colledge recently undertaken by the Massachu­setts Bay Colony was so gratefully received that it was consequently ordered that the Colledge agreed upon formerly to bee built at Cambridg shalbee called Harvard Colledge. There being nothing to indicate what John Harvard had looked like, French used a Harvard student collaterally descended from an early Harvard president as inspiration. The statue's inscription‍—‌JOHN HARVARD • FOUNDER • 1638‍—‌is the subject of an arch polemic, traditionally recited for visitors, questioning whether John Harvard justly merits the honorific founder. According to a Harvard o...
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  • 11. The Harvard Student-Led Walking Tour Cambridge
    The Porcellian Club is an all-male final club at Harvard University, sometimes called the Porc or the P.C. The year of founding is usually given as 1791, when a group began meeting under the name the Argonauts, or as 1794, the year of the roast pig dinner at which the club, known first as the Pig Club was formally founded. The club's motto, Dum vivimus vivamus is Epicurean. The club emblem is the pig and some members sport golden pigs on watch-chains or neckties bearing pig's-head emblems. The club was originally started by a group of 30 students from Massachusetts who wanted to avoid the dining halls and their food by roasting pigs. The Porcellian is the iconic hotsy-totsy final club, often bracketed with Yale's Skull and Bones, Princeton's Ivy Club, Dartmouth's Sphinx Club, Cambridge's P...
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  • 14. Salem Heritage Tours Salem
    Salem is a historic coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, located in the North Shore region. It is a New England bedrock of history and is considered one of the most significant seaports in Puritan American history. The city is home to the House of Seven Gables, Salem State University, the headquarters of The Satanic Temple, Salem Willows, Pioneer Village, Salem Maritime National Historic Site, and the Peabody Essex Museum. It also features historic residential neighborhoods in the Federal Street District and the Charter Street Historic District. Salem is a residential and tourist area which includes the neighborhoods of Salem Neck, Downtown Salem District, the Point, South Salem, North Salem, Blubber Hollow, Witchcraft Heights, and the McIntire Historic District named after Salem's...
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  • 15. Haunted Footsteps & Salem Historical Tours Salem
    Haunted Collector is an American television reality series which airs on the Syfy cable television channel. The first season premiered on June 1, 2011, and ended on July 6, 2011. The series features a team of paranormal investigators led by demonologist John Zaffis, who investigates alleged haunted locations with the hopes of identifying and removing any on-site artifacts or trigger objects that may be the source of the supposed paranormal or poltergeist activity. The production of the second season started in December 2011, and premiered on June 6, 2012. On September 17, 2012, Syfy announced that the series has been renewed for 12-episode third season, which premiered on March 6, 2013.On November 8, 2013, it was announced that Syfy had cancelled Haunted Collector.
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