Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We’re so pleased to offer these FREE tours in collaboration with the City of Boston's Historic Burying Grounds Initiative. 012
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Featured 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... 051
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/ 010
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Have 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... 110
Reposted by Boston By FootLiz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 16/06/2026I 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 062
Reposted by Boston By FootLiam @othemts.bsky.social · 16/06/2026This #Juneteenth join a FREE @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social tour exploring the complex history of Slavery and Abolition in Massachusetts. bostonbyfoot.org/tours/slaver...bostonbyfoot.orgSlavery & Abolition in Massachusetts | Boston By FootSecuring 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... 011
Reposted by Boston By FootThe Fort Pointer @fortpointer.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Summer 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. 053
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Listen 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 #architecturewgbh.orgBoston is a walkable city. Boston By Foot shows you how to do itBoston 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. 011
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Adams 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... 000
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Explore 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... 100
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Tomorrow, 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... 010
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Bienvenido 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... 010
Reposted by Boston By FootOnly In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Make Way For Marathon Monday. 💙💛 411216
Reposted by Boston By FootThe Paul Revere House @paulreverehouse.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Hey 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.govbit.lyBoston Family DaysBoston 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 ... 065
Reposted by Boston By FootAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026The #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 09934
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Explore 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... 020
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Remember 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. 010
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 31/03/2026No 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... 010
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Join 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 012
Reposted by Boston By FootIda B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Today, 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 2447197
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Raise 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 23613
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Membership 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... 010
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 23/01/2026On 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 030
Reposted by Boston By FootAdmirable 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. 05013
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Our 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... 010
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Happy 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 074
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 19/01/2026At 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 021
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Jan. 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 000
Reposted by Boston By FootRevolutionary War 250 @revwar250.bsky.social · 14/01/202614 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...founders.archives.govFounders Online: George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, 14 Januar …George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, 14 January 1776 132
Reposted by Boston By FootRevolutionary War 250 @revwar250.bsky.social · 13/01/202613 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: 141
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Happy 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 130
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 08/01/2026On 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 020
Reposted by Boston By FootRevolutionary War 250 @revwar250.bsky.social · 07/01/20267 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. 1148
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 07/01/2026All 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 010
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 30/12/2025We 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/... 020
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Hey 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 010
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 01/12/2025DYK? 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...bostonbyfoot.orgBook a Boston By Foot Private TourBoston 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... 020
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Adams 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 050
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 09/11/2025In 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 060
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Boston 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... 040
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 02/11/2025A breathtaking visual tour of the 1895 McKim Building of the Boston Public Library Central Branch! #libraryjoy #aht #architecture 000
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Tomorrow, 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/ 140
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 23/10/2025This 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-... 010
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Boston 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... 020
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Working 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 020
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Thursday, 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 011
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Our 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...bostonglobe.comStay local and savor Boston this fall - The Boston GlobeLet the fall-peeping crowds head west or north; instead, stay local and savor the city this fall. 020
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 18/09/2025NEW 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... 010
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Boston 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... 010
Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Happy 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 000