98) Boston African American National Historic Park

Visited: Saturday, September 5, 2015

We've been trying to get to Boston African American NHP for a few years now - but every time we were planning to go, it rained, or something else interrupted our plans.  We finally managed to find good weather today - and had a fantastic time.  The site itself is small, consisting of an old African American school and an adjacent church and meeting house.  But - there's a nice little tour of the meeting house, and an _excellent_ tour of the historic area, visiting many sites not directly part of the site - but very much a part of the story.  Between the history of slavery in Boston - I'd not heard the story of Elizabeth Freeman before - and the view of the abolition movement from Boston, it was an amazing experience.  Highly recommended.

And, with this, we've completed New England.  Not the most impressive of accomplishments, but the only other state we've covered completely is South Dakota.  (Our plans for next Summer will add North Dakota and Montana to the "complete" list.)  Unfortunately, that means that We'll have fewer opportunities to add an additional NPS site here and there; the remaining ones will likely all come in clumps...