This sounds like a cool tour:

History on the Harbor in Boston

The Duck tour of Boston also takes you into the harbor, but many of the points mentioned on this tour are not touched on in the Duck tour. But it's a heck of a lot of fun.

Surprising that many people don't know Revere was caught before he finished his famous ride. (Longfellow's poem gave Revere great press.) Of course the gentleman mentioned was from England, but many Americans still don't know this fact. Several men rode out that night, but the only one who completed his warning ride was William Dawes.

Revere did accomplish what he needed to: he was able to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams to get out of Lexington, and saw to the removal of a trunk that had valuable information about colonial militia and stores before the British could capture it.

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