"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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Harry Krause wrote:


Where are you staying? When I go, we either stay at a B&B or at the
Parker House Hotel, an old favorite, and not too expensive. Great place
to start walking.

Not sure. Wife has handled all the details. I just have to be ready to
catch the plane.
A couple days in Boston, a couple of days in Salem and Topsfield, and a
couple of days somewhere else where we will get to see our daughter who
lives in NYC. (She'll be coming up by bus).

Do want to see a lot of the historic sites in Boston, but I'll have to
pick and choose due to time constraints. As this is a bit of a family
history tour I will want to see Bunker Hill. One of my ancestral
relatives was the last man off the hill in retreat. Of course the
same guy later let Benedict Arnold escape. (oops). Ain't that the way
life goes?


Benjamin Gould was a sergeant 1775 April in Capt. John Baker's
company,and Col. Moses Little's regiment. Benjamin Gould, with thirty
minutemenfrom Topsfield under his command, marched to Lexington, April
19, 1775,and in that fight received a wound that scarred his cheek
through life.He was commissioned captain in the Continental Army, and
after the battleof Bunker Hill was the last man to cross Charlestown
Neck in retreat.He was present at the battles of White Plains, NY, and
Bennington, VT. Indetachment of 500 to Mt. Independence on Lake
Champlain, commanded byCol. Johnson; in Capt. Flint's division at
Stillwater, Oct. 7, he tookcommand when Capt Flint was killed, and he
was at the surrender ofBurgoyne, Saratoga, Oct. 7. Returning home, he
filled various importantpositions in 1778 and 1779. In 1780, he went to
reinforce the garrisonat West Point, commanding a company in regiment
of Col. Ward of Ipswich,and was captain of the main guard at the time
of Arnold's escape andAndre's capture.



Next year about this same time my wife and I will be taking a tour of
Baltimore, Boston, New York and Maine (up to the White Mountains), with a
stop in Waterville (eating at my favorite lobster restaurant for some
'doubles' and Freeport (oh joy, shopping). I will be asking the same
questions next year.

I remember visiting a customer in Boston many years ago and driving through
Salem on Halloween day. Pretty cool!

Anyway, Salem is only a couple dozen miles north of Boston....Topsfield
about the same.......I trust you will be staying in the same hotel during
this trip to make your stay more enjoyable. Switching hotels to save a few
minutes of travel is a real pain.