GeoByte1:Boston's nickname is ^Beantown^. Puritan settlers believed that cooking on Sunday was a sin, so women often cooked beans on Saturday and then served them on Sunday.
GeoByte2:Visitors to Boston can see the Old North Church, where lanterns were hung to warn people of attacks by the British.
GeoByte3:Boston is sometimes called the "Athens of America" because of its many universities, libraries and institutions of learning.
GeoByte4:Boston was the site of the Boston Tea Party and the Boston Massacre.
GeoByte5:Boston is known as the "Cradle of Liberty" because the Revolutionary War began here.
GeoByte6:Boston was founded in 1630 by English Puritans. It is one of the oldest cities in the United States.
