Survival: Boston 1630 – A Walking Tour

When:
Sunday, Sep 09, 2018 1:00p -
2:30p

Where:
Boston Common Founders Memorial
inside Boston Common (closest to 50 Beacon Street)
Boston, MA 02108

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
Date Idea, Lectures & Conferences

Event website:
http://puritans2018_survival.eventbrite.com

In the summer of 1630, 800 Puritans with dwindling supplies of food and medicine stepped off their boats into a wilderness. During that first year in Massachusetts, "home sweet home” might be a burrow dug into the side of a hill – or if you were lucky, a tent or ramshackle lean-to. There was no time to plant crops and no supply ships for seven months; food was a meager diet of acorns, nuts, and whatever seafood could be found. Their welcome to the infamous New England climate was highlighted by the Boston Harbor being frozen solid for two straight months.


Learn about that first, dangerous year of 1630, where half of the original Puritans either died or fled back to England, leaving just 400 survivors to build up the Town of Boston. This 90-minute walking tour will immerse you in the world of Boston 1630: the water from one clean spring, the makeshift shelters, the struggle to find food, and the English settlers starting from scratch to gain a foothold in a new land.


An RSVP is required (http://puritans2018_survival.eventbrite.com) for this free tour due to limited space.


About the event series


Every fall, in honor of the naming of Boston, the Partnership of Historic Bostons hosts a series of free events exploring an intriguing aspect of Puritan life. This year’s theme is From Theology to Commerce: the First Three Generations of 17th-century Boston.


To see a list of the entire series of FREE events, please visit http://historicbostons.eventbrite.com

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