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Boston By Foot is a non-profit educational organization committed to inspiring locals and visitors to discover and appreciate the diverse stories of Boston by exploring the cityscape together.

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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We’re so pleased to offer these FREE tours in collaboration with the City of Boston's Historic Burying Grounds Initiative.
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Featured Tour! Boston’s LGBTQ Past Thursday, August 13th, 5PM, Saturday. August 15, 1:30PM Explore Boston through the lens of its LGBTQ+ past on this engaging walking tour. Learn more and register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🎉 Celebrate 50 years of Boston By Foot with a special anniversary offer: individual memberships for just $50! 👣 Enjoy free public tours, member-exclusive events, discounts, and more This special offer is available through Labor Day (September 7th). 🔗 bostonbyfoot.org/about/get-involved/
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Have you heard? Learn about the movement toward American Independence and the run-up to the Revolution that ignited in Boston 250 years ago. Footloose on the Freedom Trail is our annual celebration - join us! bostonbyfoot.org/tours/footlo...
The Boston Globe newspaper special segment for the 250th anniversary of Independence Day showing most of the fromt page with the headline “Independence Declared!”
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I am wicked excited about our new 3-Part Series! Independence wasn't declared on July 4th. It was voted on July 2, 1776. But the real story begins on June 7th, with Richard Henry Lee's three-part resolution that set the colonies on a definitive path. 🎧 www.benfranklinsworld.com/443 #America250
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Liam @othemts.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
This #Juneteenth join a FREE @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social tour exploring the complex history of Slavery and Abolition in Massachusetts. bostonbyfoot.org/tours/slaver...
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Slavery & Abolition in Massachusetts | Boston By Foot
Securing full citizenship rights for African-Americans in Boston and the United States required enormous will. Learn how slavery started, evolved, and finally ended here with the passage of the 13th A...
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The Fort Pointer @fortpointer.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Summer Street block at South Station eastbound is closed this morning, with Jersey barriers installed on the median, presumably to protect World Cup fans. South Station exit on I-93 traveling Southbound (into Boston) is closed.
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Listen and learn! Samantha Nelson, Boston By Foot’s executive director, talks to Henry Santoro at GBH about the organization’s 50th anniversary, our tours and our volunteers. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... #BostonByFoot #walkingtours #history #architecture
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Boston is a walkable city. Boston By Foot shows you how to do it
Boston By Foot was founded in 1976 by architectural enthusiast Polly Flansburgh and will celebrate it’s 50th anniversary this year to coincide with Boston 250th.
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Adams and Revere walked here! The Road to Revolution runs through Boston. Join our guides for a tour daily at 10 am (plus an additional 4 pm tour on Saturdays!). Learn more and register here: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/road-t...
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Explore Boston with us! Tomorrow May 28 at 5 pm and Saturday May 30 at 1 pm, join our guides on “Becoming Back Bay.” You’ll learn where Back Bay started, how it evolved, and where it is today. Discover what made Back Bay such an engineering marvel in its time. bostonbyfoot.org/tours/becomi...
A view of the central branch of the Boston Public Library from Dartmouth Street. A rectangular granite building with large arched windows on the second floor and a copper cheneau (decorative element) at the roofline.
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Tomorrow, May 23 at 10:00 am - Hub of Literary America! See where writers and poets like Emerson and Longfellow gathered to share new ideas and influence society on this walking tour that begins outside the Old Corner Bookstore building. bostonbyfoot.org/tours/the-hu...
One of the homes of Henry David Thoreau, the image shows a wo-story home on a corner on Beacon Hill with white clapboard siding and black shutters, with an old-fashioned gas lamp outside.
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Bienvenido al Boston, Bienvenue à Boston! Join our guides for free tours given entirely in Spanish or French. More information here: bostonbyfoot.org/blog/free-bo...
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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Make Way For Marathon Monday. 💙💛
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The Paul Revere House @paulreverehouse.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Hey Boston Kids! Are you signed up for #BostonFamilyDays? We are offering free admission to participants in the program throughout #AprilVacation, starting on Saturday 4/18 and going through Sunday 4/26. Bring your two guests & visit us! bit.ly/4tbTyY4 @boston.gov
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Boston Family Days is an extraordinary public-private partnership between the City, corporate and philanthropic partners, and 23 of our City’s leading cultural institutions to help Boston school-aged ...
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The #BostonMarathon was run #OTD in 1972 and, for the first time, women were officially allowed to enter. Nina Kuscsik emerged from an 8-member field to win the race in 3:10:26. She would go to win the NYC Marathon and was the first woman to win both the marathons in the same year. #WomensHistory
This black-and-white action photograph captures Nina Kuscsik (1939 – 8, 2025), the pioneering American long-distance runner and champion who became the first woman to officially win the Boston Marathon in 1972. Shown mid-stride on the historic Boston course, Kuscsik runs with powerful forward momentum, her arms pumping and legs extended in full athletic stride. She wears a simple dark short-sleeved top with visible race bib, dark athletic shorts, and classic running shoes of the era; her short dark hair is tousled from effort, and a focused, determined expression lights her face—mouth slightly open, eyes fixed ahead with quiet intensity and grit. The outdoor setting shows the paved road lined with spectators under bright daylight, emphasizing the raw energy of the 26.2-mile race. The tight, dynamic composition centers Kuscsik as the sole focal point, conveying a mood of triumphant perseverance and breakthrough resolve. This image immortalizes a watershed moment in sports history: on April 17, 1972, Kuscsik finished first among the eight official female entrants (time 3:10:26), shattering long-held myths that women couldn’t safely run marathons. A two-time New York City Marathon winner (1972, 1973), co-founder of the first women-only road race, and advocate whose efforts helped pave the way for Title IX, Kuscsik ran more than 80 marathons and became a symbol of equality in athletics. Her 1972 Boston victory remains a landmark of courage and change.
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Explore Boston’s LGBTQ Past! Meet your guide on Saturday, April 4 at 2 pm to learn about Boston’s flourishing gay and lesbian culture during the 19th and 20th centuries. Presented in partnership with The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston. Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
Sepia toned photo of two women looking at each other. One is dressed in traditional men’s clothing: a dark suit, white collared shirt and a necktie, along with a bowler hat. She is also holding a cigar. The other is wearing a traditional white dress with a ruffled collar.
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Remember the ladies… 250 years ago today, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John about the anticipated Declaration of Independence, imploring him to take women’s rights into account. It would be 144 years before the 19th amendment to the US Constitution gave women the right to vote.
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
No fooling - our first public tour of 2026 is on April 1 and it's FREE! Spend an hour with us exploring Boston City Hall, starting at noon on Wednesday, April 1. Thanks to a partnership with the City of Boston, this tour is free! Learn more and register here: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
Boston City Hall, a large concrete and brick building with many small windows on the top three floors and large windows on the first and second floors. Three flags fly from poles in the front.
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Join us on February 25 at 6:30 pm for our next free virtual program! “Evolution of Boston Buildings from the Inside Out” looks at the changing construction techniques of Boston’s houses, from the earliest colonial era to current times. Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/evolut... #virtualevents
Announcement of virtual program on Zoom with image of construction beams and posts.
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Today, February 7, 2026, is officially the 100th anniversary of Negro History Week and the 50th anniversary of Black History Month. Carter G Woodson purposely started Negro History Week on February 7th so that it would end on February 14th, which is Frederick Douglass's birthday
Negro History Week 

A National Celebration

Annually observed everywhere in the United States 

The second week in February 
Beginning the 7th

Directed by The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History 

The purpose of the celebration are to popularize the study of Negro Life and History and to secure more support for its promotion
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Raise an iced Dunks in memory of the Blizzard of 1978, which began on this date 48 years ago. Boston saw 27 inches of snow; the worst impacts across Southern New England were from the lack of warnings in the forecast along with coastal flooding. #Boston #OTD Photo: David L. Ryan, The Boston Globe
People used cross-country skis to get around Boston on Feb. 7, 1978. – David L. Ryan / The Boston Globe
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Membership has its privileges - including Member Exclusives like tomorrow’s virtual event! Become a member of Boston By Foot and enjoy perks such as free walking tours! bostonbyfoot.org/about/get-in... See all our winter season virtual events here: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/Virtua...
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
On this date in 1737, John Hancock was born in Quincy, Massachusetts. As his uncle’s heir, he was the wealthiest man in the province, becoming the President of the Continental Congress and the first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. #history #Boston #Quincy #OTD #HBD
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
#OTD in 2022, Commander Billie J. Farrell was assigned to USS 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 for a 2-year stint as the first woman commanding officer in the ship's 224-year history. Nicknamed "Old Ironsides," the USS 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 is the world's oldest commissioned warship still afloat.
A formal official portrait of Commander Billie J. Farrell, the commanding officer of the USS Constitution, taken in a professional studio setting with dark gray background. She has light brown hair neatly pulled back into a tight bun, and a warm, confident smile. Her blue eyes look directly at the camera with poise and determination. She wears the full dress uniform of a U.S. Navy officer: a dark double-breasted jacket with gold buttons, white shirt, black tie, gold shoulder boards bearing the rank insignia of a commander (three gold stripes), and gold sleeve stripes with a single star above. Her chest displays a full array of colorful ribbons and medals, including a gold Navy Surface Warfare Officer pin above them. She is seated with hands clasped on a dark surface in front of her, wearing a gold class ring on her right hand and a diamond engagement/wedding ring set on her left. Behind her are two large vertical flags: the U.S. flag with stars and stripes on the left, and the U.S. Navy flag featuring the Navy seal on the right. The overall mood is one of leadership, professionalism, and pride in naval service.A dramatic action photograph of the historic USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides"), the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat, sailing under full sail in Boston Harbor during a ceremonial underway event. The three-masted wooden frigate, painted black with white gun stripes and a red waterline, moves through calm gray-green water with whitecaps visible.  White smoke from a ceremonial cannon salute billows from the starboard side near the waterline. In the background, modern Boston skyline buildings rise along the waterfront, with water jets from fireboats arcing into the air in tribute. Several small support boats, including a red tugboat, accompany the ship. Crowds of people line the decks and rigging, dressed in period uniforms or civilian clothing, waving and watching the spectacle. The sky is overcast with soft gray clouds, creating a timeless yet celebratory atmosphere that honors the ship's 200+ years of U.S. Navy service.
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Our next virtual tour will take us across the Atlantic! Explore Montpellier, a “hidden gem” and a cultural hub in the South of France through the eyes of Boston By Foot’s Program Manager. Wednesday, January 21 from 6:30-7:30 pm Eastern. Free registration: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/autumn...
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Happy 217th birthday to Edgar Allan Poe, born on this date in 1809 in Boston. Though there was no love lost between Poe and Boston literary rivals, the city ultimately memorialized him with a sculpture not far from Boston Common. #Poe #Boston #history #OTD #Frongpondia
Bronze sculpture that has turned green of a life-sized Edgar Allan Poe. He is in mid-stride holding a briefcase with his cape flying out from behind him and a sculpted raven flying just in front of him.
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
At the sculpture The Embrace on Boston Common, we celebrate the life and community of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. May his words and example continue to inspire and motivate. #MLKJrDay #TheEmbrace #loveissuchapowerfulforce
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Jan. 15, 1919: a 50-foot-tall tank containing 2 million gallons of molasses collapsed in the North End of Boston, injuring 150 people & killing innumerable horses & 21 people, including 2 children. A tragedy and a catalyst for class action lawsuits & industrial regulation. #Boston #history #OTD
Black and white photo of damaged and flattened buildings with carts and trucks and people in the foreground. Image courtesy of The Boston Globe Archives.
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Revolutionary War 250 @revwar250.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
14 JANUARY 1776, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACUSETTS: “The reflection upon my Situation, & that of this Army, produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in Sleep”: George Washington pours out his despondence in a letter to Joseph Reed. founders.archives.gov/documents/Wa...
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Founders Online: George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, 14 Januar …
George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, 14 January 1776
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Revolutionary War 250 @revwar250.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
13 JANUARY 1776, BOSTON: Lord Rawdon writes to his uncle, the Earl of Huntingdon, that the American rebellion hasn’t a hope of seeing the end of 1776, so long as the British army are given the support they need from home:
Lord Rawdon, painted in 1790 by Sir Joshua Reynolds
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Happy 122nd birthday to singer/dancer/comic actor Ray Bolger, born in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston on January 10, 1904. He is best known today for his role as Scarecrow in the classic film The Wizard of Oz. #otd #BOTD #Boston #history
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
On this date in 1864, labor organizer, women’s rights activist, and factory inspector Mary Kenney O’Sullivan was born. Learn more about her on our tour Working Women: Boston Women Find Their Voice bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston... #otd #history
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Revolutionary War 250 @revwar250.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
7 JANUARY 1776, PHILADELPHIA: “A standing Army, however necessary it may be at some times, is always dangerous to the Liberties of the People”: Samuel Adams writes famously to James Warren of the inherent danger that a professional army poses to democracy.
Samuel Adams, painted by John Singleton Copley
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
All hail the “Mother of Level Measurement”! On this date in 1896, Fannie Merritt Farmer publishes the Boston Cooking-School Cookbook, later known as the Fannie Farmer Cookbook, which has never been out of print. www.massmoments.org/moment-detai... #OTD #Boston #history
Black and white photo of Fannie Farmer, a woman with pince-nez glasses and hair in an updo.
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
We can hardly wait to celebrate our 50th anniversary! Join Boston By Foot guides as they discuss our history during our first virtual event of 2026. A Conversation with Boston By Foot’s Longest-Serving Volunteers is on Thursday, January 15, 2026 @ 6:30 PM. fareharbor.com/embeds/book/...
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Hey Boston! Looking for something new and exciting to do in the new year? Join more than 200 life-long learners and become a volunteer tour guide with Boston By Foot! Applications open now; training starts on March 24. Learn more: bostonbyfoot.org/about/get-in... #training #tourguide #Boston
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
DYK? Though our regular tour season is over, we offer private tours year round! They're great for holiday outings, friends, family, school groups, and anyone looking for a personalized tour experience. Learn more about and book Boston By Foot Private Tours: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/Privat...
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Boston By Foot private tours are perfect for family groups, school groups, corporate groups, university and alumni groups, people who wish to tour with their pets, and anyone looking for a more person...
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Adams and Revere walked here! Follow in the footsteps of the Sons of Liberty on our Road to Revolution tour Sunday November 16 at 10 am. bostonbyfoot.org/tours/road-t... #ThingsToDoInBoston #walking #history #FreedomTrail
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
In town on Tuesday? Look for a whole slate of Boston By Foot walking tours this Veterans Day holiday. Learn more and register: bostonbyfoot.org/schedule/ #walking #history #ThingsToDoInBoston
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Boston Reborn: After the Great Fire of 1872 Sun., Nov 9, 11:30 am - 1 pm On the 153rd anniversary of the fire, see where it started on Summer St. and where firefighters prevailed 18 hours later. Learn how Boston changed in the aftermath. Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
A breathtaking visual tour of the 1895 McKim Building of the Boston Public Library Central Branch! #libraryjoy #aht #architecture
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Tomorrow, Oct. 25, join us for a Literary Mini-Tour of the Back Bay as part of the Boston Book Festival! It’s free, fun, and first-come, first-served. Tours start outside @bpl.boston.gov - choose noon, 1, 2, or 3 pm to walk with us! Schedule here: bostonbookfest.org/schedule/
Dartmouth Street side of the central branch of the Boston Public Library. Large rectangular gray building with many arched windows.
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
This weekend and next: Grave Undertakings! Explore 3 of Boston's burying grounds; learn about the customs surrounding death & dying in Puritan New England. Dig deeper into religious views, practices, symbolism, and traditions of death in Boston. Details & tix: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/grave-...
Image of a 1600s era gravestone with ornate carvings of a winged skull and a skeleton snuffing out a candle.
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Boston Reborn: After the Great Fire of 1872 Sat., Oct. 4, 11 am Join our walk within the 65-acre Burnt District. See where the fire started on Summer St. and where firefighters prevailed 18 hours later. Learn how Boston changed in the aftermath. Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Working Women: Boston Women Find Their Voice Oct 4, 3 pm For most of the 19th century, Boston’s working women’s voices were not heard. Learn about the proud, defiant women who led Boston’s women’s trade unionism and suffrage movements! Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston... #ThingsToDoInBoston
Street scene of a parade, closeup of a woman standing above a banner that reads Trade Union League.
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Thursday, Oct 2 at 5 pm: Boston’s Chinatown! It’s one of the city’s smallest yet most vibrant neighborhoods. Explore one of the few surviving Chinatowns on the east coast with us! Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston... #ThingsToDoInBoston #walking #history
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Our Beacon Hill tour gets a shoutout in the @bostonglobe.com fall travel recommendations! Visit bostonbyfoot.org to see our calendar and plan your next Boston adventure! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/18/l...
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Stay local and savor Boston this fall - The Boston Globe
Let the fall-peeping crowds head west or north; instead, stay local and savor the city this fall.
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
NEW TOUR! Jewish Roxbury: A Walk Through Grove Hall and Elm Hill - Sun Sep 21, 1 PM Spanning from 1900 til the early ‘60s, this tour examines the role of key institutions and explores the unique intersection of Jewish and Black communities in these neighborhoods. bostonbyfoot.org/tours/jewish...
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Boston Reborn: After the Great Fire of 1872 Sat., Sept. 13, 1:30 PM Join our walk within the 65-acre Burnt District. See where the fire started on Summer St. and where firefighters prevailed 18 hours later. Learn how Boston changed in the aftermath. Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Happy Monday, Boston! Looking for something to do this week? Check out our slate of tours and cruises - 30 to choose from today through Friday! Find out what’s afoot here: bostonbyfoot.org/schedule/ #walkingtours #architecturecruise #thingstodoinBoston
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