Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Drinking & Nightlife
28
Bleacher Bar
C4
29
Warren Tavern
E1
Entertainment
32
Club Passim
A1
33
Fenway Park
B4
34
Red Room @ Café 939
C4
35
Sinclair
A1
Shopping
36
Converse
C4
37
Copley Place
D4
38
Life is Good
C4
39
Prudential Center
D4
40
South End Open Market E5
History
When the Massachusetts Bay Colony was established by England in 1630, Boston be-
came its capital. It's a city of firsts: Boston Latin School, the first public school in the
USA, was founded in 1635, followed a year later by Harvard, the nation's first university.
The first newspaper in the colonies was printed here in 1704, America's first labor union
organized here in 1795 and the country's first subway system opened in Boston in 1897.
Not only were the first battles of the American Revolution fought nearby, but Boston
was also home to the first African American regiment to fight in the US Civil War.
Waves of immigrants, especially Irish in the mid-18th century and Italians in the early
20th, have infused the city with European influences.
Today Boston remains at the forefront of higher learning and its universities have
spawned world-renowned industries in biotechnology, medicine and finance.
