Stop 16:
Copp's Hill Burying Ground
Location:
Over Charlestown Bridge
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Begun as a cemetary in the 1660s, this site overlooking the Charles River was used by the British a century later as an emplacement for the cannon that fired on the Americans on Bunker Hill. Buried here are Cotton Mather and Edward Hartt, builder of the USS Constitution.
The following Freedom Trail highlights are indicated by markers (right) and connected by a red line embedded into the pavement.
Stops:
1. Boston Common 2. "New" State House
3. Park Street Church
4. Granary Burying Ground
5. King's Chapel
6. Site of First Public School
7. Benjamin Franklin Statue
8. Old Corner Book Store
9. Old South Meeting House
10. Old State House
11. Site of Boston Massacre
12. Faneuil Hall
13. Quincy Market
14. Paul Revere House
15. Old North Church
16. Copp's Hill Burying Ground
17. Bunker Hill Monument
18. USS Constitution