New England points of interest?

[Sean Gadhar]

I highly recommend that you walk the Freedom Trail through Boston, especially since your wife is a history teacher. Follow the line painted on the sidewalk starting at the State house, ending at the U.S.S. Constitution, and Bunker Hill. Lots of great historic sites along the way. :thumbsup:

http://www.cityofboston.gov/freedomtrail/
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:thumbsup: 2nd that! My Uncle Phil worked for a paper out that way & he could keep our interest walking us through Boston for hours (and I was maybe 10)

I also vividly remember a whalers Museum (might be the one in Sag Harbor, New York) but I thought it was in Maine.

 

[Alden]

There's one in Sag Harbor (where Meig's Raid also took place in the Revolution), and another in Cold Spring Harbor, NY. The latter is on Main Street I suppose it's called now but was called Bedlam Street going back to the 18th C. because there were so many languages spoken by the crews and a bar (pub) every other shop...

Also a Maritime museum in Sayville, NY. 'course the South Steeet Seaport Museum in Manhattan is special, but, not New England either...

 

[CG6018]

Speaking of biscuits and sausage gravy, if you get as far north as Acadia National Park in Maine and the town of Ellsworth, stop at Sylvia's Restaurant and try theirs. I have an addiction to biscuits and sausage gravy, and I cast my vote for Sylvia's having the best on the left coast! :thumbsup:

 

[daoliver924]

The armor Museum in Worcester is closed. However, Springfield armory in Springfield, MA is a must see for any gun enthusiast.

In NH there is Fort at #4. An F&I fortified village

Fort Ti is also a must. Was there a couple weeks ago building soldiers huts

 

[Pete44ru]

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I just remembered an interesting aside - The Pequot Museum @ the Foxwoods Casino complex in Southeartern Connecticut is an interactive walk-through tour of a primative native american village, and IIRC there was a display of a pertinant indian fort & battle.


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[Jaeger]

Someone already mentioned the three I would recommend: Oriskany Battlefield in New York State, as well as Saratoga (VERY good national historical site)and Fort Ticonderoga. In Vermont, I found Hubbardton Battlefield very good, because it is small, off the beaten path, picturesque, and the modest display and electronic explanation of the battle are excellent. I've looked for blackpowder gun shops in Vermont and was disappointed. I think what I learned is that well-stocked, blackpowder-dedicated shops are mostly found in areas of greater population, which Vermont is not, which is why it's so beautiful!

 

[flattop44]

Thanks all for the suggestions thus far.

I really wanted to do the Freedom Trail in Boston and see the USS Constitution but we've decided that there's so much to do in Boston/Concord/Lexington, we'll have to make a separate trip later for all that.

We just went to the Frazier Museum in Louisville last month. It's a really good one.

 

[Alden]

Fort #4 is on the decline and in the middle of nowhere. I was at Ti when you were there for the 12th (was it?) Revolutionary War Seminars -- thanks for sawing all that wood David!!!

A group of mine is at Pequot Museum this weekend -- 17th C. I'm sitting it out. Pricey to go there otherwise -- quite sad actually a tribe charges a premium to go to their museum that's in a damn casino!!!

 

[Alden]

Bennington vs. Hubbardton if you have to choose. Both interesting actions that show American temerity and tenacity against Burgoyne's 1777 campaign.

I'm just glad we're fundamentally changing America finally...

 

[nhmoose]

The Shelburne Museum in Shelburne VT. Great all round museum and has Terry Tyler's Vt made gun collection. Shelburne is on the shore of Lake Champlain. Champlain played a huge part in the Revolutionary War. Many historic sites on both the east and west shores.
RFMcD

Fort Ty is near and a do not miss. The Shelburne museum is a 2-3 day visit IMHO

 

[Brokennock]

A lot depends on what era you want. In the Hartford, CT area you have; Mark Twain's house, Harriet Beecher Stowe house, Noah Webster's house; head toward our coast for; the submarine museum, Old Mystic Seaport, Coast Guard Acadamy and the Barque Eagle, there really is too many small historic places in central CT. to mention. Head east toward Mass. from Hartford to Old Sturbridge Village, or north toward Springfield, Mass. stop near Windsor for Old Newgate Prison and copper mine. In Springfield there is the aforementioned Springfield Armory and Smith's billiards (oldest billiard hall in New England with great food) head upriver to historic Deerfield Mass. site of the Deerfield massacre. Western Mass has railroads and marble quarry's, Stockbridge, etc. West into NY from there brings Watervliet Arsenal, America's oldest cannon factory with a great museum highly recommended.

When you hit CT. feel free to drop mea p.m. if I can help you out I will.