These tours of the Greater Boston region explore the historical geography of the American Revolutionary War Era and expand your visit beyond the walls of Terrains of Independence.
Start your journey by opening the map or beginning at the first stop.
The Leventhal Map & Education Center’s 2025–2026 exhibition Terrains of Independence continues beyond the walls of the gallery in this student-written tour of sites related to Revolutionary geography in Massachusetts. Copley Square, where the Boston Public Library is located, isn’t itself a significant site for the Revolutionary period, since it was a tidal marsh in the 1770s. Northeastern University students designed this interactive set of field trips to encourage you to explore the spaces and places of the American Revolution.
Start your journey by selecting one of the tour stop locations.
A coursework project created by students in Public History at Northeastern University and the Norman B. Leventhal Map and Education Center at the Boston Public Library