                                  OLDEST THINGS IN AMERICA
THE OLDEST COUNTINUOUS RESTAURANT IN AMERICA
“The Union Oyster House was established in 1826.” It is located at 41 Union Street in the Fanueil Hall area and has been officially designated as a “National Historic Landmark.”
THE OLDEST PUBLIC SHOOL IN AMERICA
“Boston Latin School is the oldest public school in America with a continuous existence. It was founded April 23, 1633 by the Town of Boston. Establishment of the school was due in great measure to the influence of the Reverend John Cotton, who sought to create in the New World a school like the Free Grammar School of Boston, England, in which Latin and Greek were taught. The first classes were held in the home of the Master”
THE OLDEST SUBWAY IN AMERICA
Boston has the oldest subway in America. the Green Line was established In 1897. The same tunnel is still being, “used by the Green Line (Park St and Boylston stations).”
THE OLDEST PUBLIC PARK IN AMERICA
The Boston Commons is, “the oldest public park in the history of the USA.” It, ” goes back as far as 1634, when the area was designated a common pasture.”
THE OLDEST BOTANICAL GARDEN IN AMERICA
“The Boston Public Garden is the nation’s oldest botanical garden, begun in 1859. Featuring elegant Victorian flower beds, weeping willows and a lake where swan-shaped boats drift lazily in the summer.”
THE OLDEST PUBLIC BEACH IN AMERICA
The oldest public beach in America is Revere Beach. Located in the City of Revere, it is just a little ways from Boston’s Logan Airport.
THE OLDEST COLLEGE IN AMERICA
“Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded on September 8, 1636 by a vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States[1] and a member of the Ivy League.
The institution was named Harvard College on March 13, 1639, after its first principal donor, a young clergyman named John Harvard. A graduate of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, John Harvard bequeathed a few hundred books in his will to form the basis of the college library collection, along with several hundred pounds. The earliest known official reference to Harvard as a “university” rather than a “college” occurred in the new Massachusetts Constitution of 1780.”
Originally Harvard was founded to train Christian Ministers. This further supports the fact that this nation was founded on Christian principles.
I add that it was first recognized as “Harvard Divinity.”
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