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The Old South Church Burying Ground is now called the King's Chapel Burying Ground, and King's Chapel itself  a quaint, dusky building, suggestive of a London chapel  is only a few blocks away. THE OLD SOUTH CHURCH BURYING GROUND IS NOW CALLED THE KING'S CHAPEL BURYING GROUND AND KING'S CHAPEL ITSELF A QUAINT DUSKY BUILDING SUGGESTIVE OF A LONDON CHAPEL IS ONLY A FEW BLOCKS AWAY
-come from all over the United States for the sole purpose of spending a few months or a season in this very place, enjoying the lectures, concerts, and art exhibitions which are so easily and freely accessible. But in this bird's-eye flight across the historical and geographical map of a city that tempts one to many pleasant delays, we must hover for a brief moment over the South and the North Ends. Skipping back, then, almost three centuries, but not traveling far as distance goes, the stranger in Boston cannot do better than to find his way from Copley Square to the Old South Church on Washington Street--that venerable building whose desecration by the British troops in 1775 the citizens found it so hard ever to forgive. It was here that Benjamin Franklin was baptized in 1706; here that Joseph Warren made a dramatic entry to the pulpit by way of the window in order to denounce the British soldiers; and here that momentous meetings were held in the heaving days before the Revolution. ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF SPENDING A FEW MONTHS OR A SEASON IN THIS VERY PLACE ENJOYING THE LECTURES CONCERTS AND ART EXHIBITIONS WHICH ARE SO EASILY AND FREELY ACCESSIBLE BUT IN THIS BIRD'S EYE FLIGHT ACROSS THE HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL MAP OF A CITY THAT TEMPTS ONE TO MANY PLEASANT DELAYS WE MUST HOVER FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OVER THE SOUTH AND NORTH ENDS SKIPPING BACK THEN ALMOST THREE CENTURIES BUT NOT TRAVELLING FAR AS DISTANCE GOES THE STRANGER IN BOSTON CANNOT DO BETTER THAN TO FIND HIS WAY FROM COPLEY SQUARE TO THE OLD SOUTH CHURCH ON WASHINGTON STREET THAT VENERABLE BUILDING WHOSE DESECRATION BY THE BRITISH TROOPS IN SEVENTEEN SEVENTY FIVE THE CITIZENS FOUND IT EVER SO HARD TO FORGIVE IT WAS HERE THAT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WAS BAPTIZED IN SEVENTEEN O SIX HERE THAT JOSEPH WARREN MADE A DRAMATIC ENTRY TO THE PULPIT BY WAY OF THE WINDOW IN ORDER TO DENOUNCE THE BRITISH SOLDIERS AND HEAR THAT MOMENTOUS MEETINGS WERE HELD IN THE HEAVING DAYS BEFORE THE REVOLUTION
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