Massachusetts Historical Society

What an incredible place to spend the day.  When you first walk into the building it seems like just another historical building, but then when you really think about everything that is inside of this building it is hard to believe!  What a wonderful resource for historians, I couldn’t imagine being able to spend an afternoon just browsing through all of the old documents that are there.  Since we were not able to do this, I felt very fortunate to be able to see some of the documents.  My favorite was the engraving of the Boston Massacre done by Paul Revere.  I spend quite a bit of time on this document when I am beginning the Revolutionary War, discussing and analyzing it with my students, and to see the actual engraving done by Paul Revere was amazing.  How cool it will be to show my students the picture I took the next time I teach this!  I also thought the letters from the printing press were pretty interesting- I had never really seen those before, and some of them belonged to Benjamin Franklin!!  I look forward to returning on Thursday.