For our last day in Massachusetts, July 26th, we went to Salem. Mackenzie and Briana worked to make the experience as historical as possible for me!
Nathaniel Hawthorne's home is in Salem, but we did not have time to visit.
In the city an artist has built these structures as a form of art. Not sure what the purpose is, but they were cool!
Salem is known for the witch trials in 1692-1693 where 19 people were convicted and killed for being "witches". Above is a home from the time period.
From what I understood most of the accusations were based on people acting strangely and blaming others. We did go to a VERY weird witch museum that had no historical value, but great stories for us to talk about. Needless to say I did not take any pictures there.As another side note, Harvard graduates were in Salem during the witch trials. Harvard has been around for a long time!
After studying "witches" we moved forward to Chestnut Street and the 1800s. We toured the Phillip's House that has been beautifully restored including the buggies and cars.
After the trip to Salem we boarded a train to New York City for the next part of our adventure!
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