Boston - Facts & Trivia
The first Thanksgiving Day was celebrated in Plymouth in 1621. Boston was incorporated as a town in 1630 and as a city in 1822. When you take a stroll on the Boston Common, you are visiting the nation's first public park, established in 1634. The first US public school system was founded in Boston in 1635 and Boston Latin was the country's first public school. The Boston subway is also the nation's first, built in 1897.
According to the US Census Bureau, Massachusetts has the lowest divorce rate in the country with 2.2 divorces per 1000 people. The population of the city of Boston today is 600,000 while the population of metro Boston is nearly 6,000,000. The Boston University Bridge on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane. The OLD Hancock Tower in Boston acts as a weather signal and features a flashing light of various colors on top of this historic building. The colors are as follows: |
