Oh, all right, I'll jump in with a historical tour you could probably do.
It's the Freedom Trail, but not in sequential order.
Start the afternoon, take a cab to the Bunker Hill memorial.
Walk to the top if you're interested and have the stamina.
>From there, I think you can walk down to Old Ironsides.
I think you'll want to see these during the day.
>From Old Ironsides, take a cab to the Boston Common
hook up with the Freedom Trail there
http://www.nps.gov/archive/bost/freedom_trail_ch1.htm
The Boston Commons was the original* "Commons"
where everyone grazed their cattle, and any good
advocate of FLOSS should see it. (* in US anyway)
from there, follow the Freedom Trail and see the
Granary Burial Ground. You'll see where Paul Revere,
Sam Adams, and John Hancock are buried. then on to the
Old State House, see the marker for where the Boston Massacre occurred.
http://www.bostonmassacre.net/place/location1.htm
then through Fanieul Hall and on to Paul Revere's House
and the Old North Church where the
"one if by land, two if by sea" lanterns were hung.
Paul Revere's house is in the North End, and only
a few blocks away from Hanover Street, which
is chock full of restaurants, which by this time, you'll
be starving, and this is the place to mangia mangia.
>From there, take a cab back to wherever.
It's basically the Freedom Trail, but chopped up and
reordered a bit. My wife and I walked it once start to finish
in sequential order, only to discover there's a whole
lot nothing separating Old Ironsides / Bunker
Hill monument from the rest of the trail. (I think the
total length is ~3 miles.)
If you do it in the order I list, you'll see the
bunker hill memorial and old ironsides while
the sun is still out (which you'll want) and you'll
end up in the North End by the time it's dark,
you'll be hungry and surrounded by good restaraunts.
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