{"id":1142,"date":"2020-09-13T22:38:40","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T22:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelfrances.com\/?p=1142"},"modified":"2020-09-13T22:48:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T22:48:52","slug":"boston-ma-getting-ready-getting-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelfrances.com\/?p=1142","title":{"rendered":"Boston, MA: Getting Ready &#038; Getting There"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Books<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hidden-History-Boston-Dina-Vargo\/dp\/1625858744\/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&amp;keywords=boston+history&amp;qid=1600036901&amp;sr=8-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hidden History of Boston<\/a> by Dino Vargo. Riotous mobs celebrated their hatred of the pope in an annual celebration called Pope&#8217;s Night during the colonial era. A centuries-long turf war played out on the streets of quiet Chinatown, ending in the massacre of five men in a back alley in 1991. William Monroe Trotter published the Boston Guardian, an independent African American newspaper, and was a beacon of civil rights activism at the turn of the century. Author and historian Dina Vargo shines a light into the cobwebbed corners of Boston&#8217;s hidden history.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Getting There <\/b><\/span>\u2013 Drive if you must, or FLY.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Drive<\/strong>: It\u2019s a long haul from just about anywhere other than the East Coast.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fly<\/strong>: Boston Logan is a major international airport, so just about everyone flies there. However, I always prefer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwest.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Southwest<\/a> with no fees for luggage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books &#8211; Hidden History of Boston by Dino Vargo. Riotous mobs celebrated their hatred of the pope in an annual celebration called Pope&#8217;s Night during the colonial era. A centuries-long turf war played out on the streets of quiet Chinatown, ending in the massacre of five men in a back alley in 1991. 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