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Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · 6d

I’m back at it! Join me tomorrow for a walk through time in Boston!

Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 6d

Boston Reborn: After the Great Fire of 1872
Sat., Oct. 4, 11 am

Join our walk within the 65-acre Burnt District. See where the fire started on Summer St. and where firefighters prevailed 18 hours later. Learn how Boston changed in the aftermath.

Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...

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Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · 7d

I’ve been giving walking tours in Boston for 19 years (and hanging around near Faneuil Hall, the Blackstone Block, and Haymarket for a lot longer than that). And yesterday was the 1st time I noticed this 100-year-old plaque at 16 North St. about the unsung hero of 1775, William Dawes. #midnightride

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Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · 8d

Welcome, October!

Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 9d

Hecate, goddess of witchcraft, to usher in October! From Valeriano's 'Hieroglyphica' printed in 1602

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Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 9d

Thursday, Oct 2 at 5 pm: Boston’s Chinatown! It’s one of the city’s smallest yet most vibrant neighborhoods. Explore one of the few surviving Chinatowns on the east coast with us! Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston... #ThingsToDoInBoston #walking #history

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Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · 20d

This a classic “only in Boston” event. Does Boston have cliffs? No, she does not. Is Boston the only North American stop on the global Red Bull Cliff Diving competition circuit ? Yes, she is. Come watch people jump off a building into the harbor! It’s amazing.

The Fort Pointer @fortpointer.bsky.social · 21d

Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series finals stop in Boston this weekend www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/18/a...

Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series finals stop in Boston this weekend - The Boston Globe

The Seaport hosts the competition this weekend, with participants diving into the harbor off of the ICA.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Old North @oldnorth1723.bsky.social · 25d

Today, on the 85th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, Old North's Congregation helped honour the 10 Americans who fought in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) forces during this battle, the first military campaign fought entirely in the air.

The Rev. Dr. Matthew Cadwell and officials from the British and Canadian governments in front of Old North Church's War Memorial.

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Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · 28d

This Saturday 9/13 at 1:30 pm, join me for Boston Reborn: After the Great Fire of 1872. This Boston By Foot tour is inside the 65-acre footprint of the fire. We’ll see what replaced the buildings that were destroyed. Details and tickets: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...

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Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · Aug 18

Tonight, I am leading Road to the Vote, a @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social walking tour about Boston women in the suffrage movement. It’s the 105th anniversary of Tennessee’s ratification of the 19th Amendment, with a little nudge from an activist mom:
www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/202...

A mother’s letter, a son’s choice and the incredible moment women won the vote

In the summer of 1920, the country needed one more state to ratify the 19th Amendment, and the Tennessee General Assembly was deadlocked. Then state Rep. Harry T. Burn got a letter from his mother, Fe...

www.washingtonpost.com

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Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · Aug 18

I accomplished a long-time goal last week by visiting Orchard House, just a 25-minute drive from where I live. It was my first visit but won’t be my last! Seeing the place where Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women was inspiring and poignant. #louisamayalcott #orchardhouse #concordma

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Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · Aug 16

New post up on my Substack, Woman Walking! Seize the last of summer days and make some August adventures in Boston. open.substack.com/pub/michele7...

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Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · Aug 14

Upcoming Boston By Foot tours and cruises I’m leading!
-Architecture Cruise 10 am Aug. 16, Aug. 29, Sep. 7
-Road to the Vote, Aug. 18, 5:30 pm
-Road to Revolution, Aug. 31, 10 am
- Boston Reborn: After the Great Fire of 1872 - Sep. 13, 1:30 pm, Oct. 4, 11 am, Nov. 9, 11:30 am
Tix: bostonbyfoot.org

Boston By Foot | Walking Tours | Historical | Architecture

Boston By Foot is a non-profit educational organization committed to inspiring locals and visitors to discover and appreciate the diverse stories of Boston by exploring the cityscape together.

bostonbyfoot.org

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Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · Aug 5

I was in heaven yesterday, also known as the Radcliffe Quad (Harvard Radcliffe Institute in Cambridge)

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Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · Jul 28

Keys to giving walking tours to children: end on time; ask questions to activate imagination; touch buildings; enjoy the funny things they say. #womanwalking #lifeofatourguide

Experiencing Boston through a child’s eyes

Things I learned by giving walking tours to children

substack.com

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Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · Jul 26

I’m leading this tour tomorrow, come join me!

Boston By Foot @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · Jul 26

Who stayed loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution? Find out on our walking tour, Boston's Loyalists, Sunday, July 27 at 11 am! Learn how families and friends divided over whether to break away from England.
Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
#ThingsToDoInBoston

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Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · Jul 26

Swaying
Under
Preposterous
Pressure
Only to
Realize
They got your back

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Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · Jul 26

The @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social guide who developed the tour Slavery and Abolition in Massachusetts will lead the tour tomorrow, July 26, which starts at 10:30 at 53 State Street (corner of State & Congress) and ends at noon at this memorial.

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Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · Jul 23

The always-inspiring Shaw-54th Regiment Memorial still had flowers on it from the anniversary of the July 18, 1863 battle at Fort Wagner, SC, when I visited Sunday. Seeing the mini-bio of St. Gaudens, the sculptor, made me wonder what other such works have this kind of information. Few, I think!

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Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · Jul 21

Reflecting on my first years as a walking tour guide, as the country struggled with the effects of the Great Recession.
open.substack.com/pub/michele7...

Staycation!

The Great Recession and walking tours in Boston

open.substack.com

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Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · Jul 19

Arrived downtown early for my tour. The park at One Post Office Square and this bench are nearly irresistible, but duty calls! It’s so gorgeous out! #lovelyday #lifeofatourguide #Boston

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Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · Jul 17

Trying something new over on Substack. I just can't express it all on a social media post! Check out Woman Walking for my adventures as a walking tour guide and lover of history, books, art, and architecture. michele706559.substack.com?r=kymtg&utm_...

Woman Walking | Michele | Substack

Adventures on walking tours of history, art and architecture at home and abroad. Click to read Woman Walking, by Michele, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.

michele706559.substack.com

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Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · Jul 17

My next few tours for Boston By Foot tell two sides of the story of the American Revolution. On July 19 or July 27, join me for Boston’s Loyalists. On July 26, walk in the footsteps of patriots on the Road to Revolution. Register:

bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...

bostonbyfoot.org/tours/road-t...

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · Jul 3

Millions of Americans know the pain and hardship of getting a cancer diagnosis. That’s a misfortune, a terrible misfortune.

Voting for a tax scheme designed to rip health care from millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet? That’s not a misfortune, that’s an injustice.

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Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · Jun 30

Excited to be in London this week for INTERFLAM 2025, a fire protection engineering conference at the Royal Holloway College of the University of London. The campus boasts the 1880s Founders Building and many women’s suffrage acknowledgments. We enjoyed cask ale at the Red Lion in nearby Egham.

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Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · Jun 27

Followed this adorable buggy across the Charles in Needham-Newton earlier this afternoon.

Michele @micheleinboston.bsky.social · Jun 25

Spent Sunday morning at Newport Flower Show at the Rosecliff mansion. Delightful! #NewEngland #summahvibes #Newport

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