Travel in Boston

The Boston Public Library has an Italian Renaissance style and is a building with considerable history. The exquisite murals, sculptures, and bronze doors are worthy of careful appreciation. The museum also has a collection of ancient books and rare books. Founded in 1895.

Boston John F. Kennedy Library (upper white) was established in memory of President John F. Kennedy.

The Boston Athenaeum is the oldest library in Boston. It is only 300 meters away from the Massachusetts State House. You need to apply for membership and pay a membership fee to use it. PARK STREET CHURCH

There is a famous green space in the center of Boston called "BOSTON COMMON", and the small street on the east side of the green space is called PARK STREET , at the south end of Park Street, is the beautiful Park Street Church (PARK STREET CHURCH). Almost no one in Boston does not know this church, and tourists visiting Boston must also come to see this church. The church has red brick walls, a round vestibule, and a white spire. She steps on the green land and stands straight into the blue sky, like a big exclamation mark praising life! Every time I go to the city and see Park Street Church, I immediately feel good and always feel that that day is Sunday - on busy days, that day is more pleasant than Sunday!

When I came to the United States, I was eager to learn English. I heard that there was a free English class in Park Street Church called FOCUS, so I went there one Sunday. As soon as I entered the church, I happened to see a middle-aged man who looked like a pastor, so I approached him and asked him about the English cram school. He told me to come at 9:30 on Tuesday morning and bring my passport. I came to the church on time on Tuesday and met many people who had signed up for English tutoring. Everyone lined up to register, passed a simple test, and were assigned to different classes according to their scores. The students come from many different countries, with the largest number being Chinese and Japanese. Later I found out that the pastor who told me to come to church on Tuesday was the founder of FOCUS, Joseph Sabonky. He had already opened this learning center for 21 years. The cram school is divided into eight grades. The teachers in each class are Americans who teach on a voluntary basis. Classes are held every Tuesday, Thursday morning and Friday evening. There is also a Bible study class on Sunday. I studied there for two years, from the fourth grade to the eighth grade. What I gained was not only my English improved and my friends increased, but I also learned many chapters in the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.

Having such a relationship with Park Street Church, I naturally had a passion for her. However, for a long time, I had no understanding of its history. Later, I slowly read about it in some books. It can be seen that the accumulation can draw a historical outline for Park Street Church: it was built in 1809 and was hailed as a classic of Christian architecture by future generations. Henry James described it: It is the most interesting set of red bricks in the United States. A combination of sand and gravel. But before this beautiful church appeared, its original site was a large barn. The barn was infested with rats and borers, so the original owner sold it. The new owner cleaned it up and used it for business purposes, but it soon fell into disrepair due to old age. At this time, a famous British church architect named Peter BANNER came. He had just completed the design of Yale University in Connecticut. When Peter Barna designed the Park Street Church, he absorbed the styles of two famous senior architects. One was the famous American architect Charles-Bulfinch (designer of the Boston State Government and the Capitol Building in Washington). The other is the famous British architect CHRISTOPHER-WREN, so the completed Park Street Church presents an American-style main structure and a London-style towering spire, which is both simple and elegant. Since then, Park Street Church has stood in the city of Boston and has become a witness to various eras of American history.

During the difficult economic period in the 18th century, the church once rented out some houses to open a mission office to make up for the lack of funds. Later, it was discovered that women were smoking in the teahouse (smoking was very popular at the time), so it stopped. . During the Civil War in 1812, Boston played an important role in liberating black slaves and defending the Union. The basement of the church was once used as a gunpowder storage. In 1817, the first Sunday Bible study class of American Christianity started here, and the first missionary group sent to Hawaii set out from here. In 1832, America's most famous song: My Beautiful Home was sung here for the first time. There are also many famous speeches given in this church, such as Gleason's first anti-slavery speech in 1829, Sumner's national war system speech in 1849, etc. In 1895, an interesting incident happened in the church: a pastor was preparing for the next day's worship service. There was a crash and a window not far away fell down. He ran in time and survived. At the end of the 19th century, the subway was built near the church, which was a mess and the main water channel was dug. A priest once cursed the subway as a devil's hole during worship. However, that subway was the first subway line in the United States. The first subway train in the United States ran from the subway station near Park Street Church. Park Street Church is less than 200 years old. Compared with Chinese history, it is simply too young.

However, it is like a historical record of the United States, recording the struggles and pursuits of generations of immigrants. The Park Street Church stood up from the old barn. It was not enough to build the main structure with red bricks. It had to erect a white spire on top. Only then did the city become beautiful, and the people entering and leaving the church were completed here. A kind of sublimation from pragmatism to ideality. It is the sightseeing route designed by the municipal government for tourists, which is made of red bricks and red paint on the ground. Instead of connecting its high-rise buildings, it connects its ancient buildings. It starts from Boston Common and ends at the Bunker Hill Monument. It is 2.5km long and has more than ten scenic spots. For specific routes, you can get a free map at Quincy Market next to City Hall.