The current Massachusetts - state symbols, primarily historical. For example, the main symbol of Boston - plated teapot with a capacity of over 900 liters, an employee in the guise of one of the coffee shops in the city center. Plymouth put on display the remains of a granite rock, which, according to legend, the first Puritans landed. Neighborhood moored same ship "Mayflower", or rather, its exact replica was built in 1955 in England, and then to sail to America. For an extra $ 19 you can make a pilgrimage to Plymouth Plantation, where everything, including tour guides speaking English IXVII century and dressed in clothes of the first settlers, it looks just like 400 years ago when lived here Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians tribe. Another symbol of the state - cranberries, which were grown in these parts since time immemorial. Today, in addition to the best intellectual training, the main supplier of Massachusetts cranberry in the world and in every state on the traditional Thanksgiving turkey with cranberry sauce served with Cape Cod.

 

Residents of Massachusetts terribly proud of their rich history, and the more that their staff, in addition to the freedom of the first settlers appeared a pioneer in other important areas. At the end of November 1621 is celebrated the first Thanksgiving in 1635 opened the first free school in America in Boston, and in 1636 - Harvard University, is also the first in the country. In 1639 in Cambridge he earned the first US printing press, and in 1704 began to appear the first regular newspaper, "Boston News-Latter". In Massachusetts, we put the first American lighthouse, allowed first the railway and in 1897 - the first subway, the first printed Christmas card. Finally, in 1876, the first time the phone rang. Inventor Alexander Graham Bell said his assistant, the first sentence in the history of mankind, sounded on the telephone wires: "Watson, I need you".

 

From Boston to New York only three hundred kilometers from the small, but New Yorkers stubbornly believe Bostonians provincials. And at the same time - snobs, and the most incorrigible across America. Therefore, it is possible that this is where there was the first real American aristocracy, praised in the novels of Henry James. About Boston snobbery walk anecdotes. The truth is, writing them is likely to Bostonians themselves, because most of the jokes - the classic English humor, over which only the narrator laughs. One of the most popular joke: "Do ladies from Boston asked if she likes to travel." No, - she said - because I already in place, "But I assure you that in person the locals do not seem prudish snobs They.. unobtrusively kind and moderately smiling, unlike New Yorkers, do not look to roll up and stick with dignity. But it is always a pleasure to chat with you, explain in detail the way and still complain about the bad weather and many hours of traffic jams. Moreover, the breath of fresh air make students - special attraction Massachusetts alone greater Boston more than 70 universities and colleges, so that the average age of the residents of this city is not more than 27 years, students from around the world with bright backpacks, hair of all colors and huge exercise books under his arm can be seen everywhere.. and thanks to them the staff seems democratic and hospitable.

 

In Massachusetts, you can not be in a hurry, there is no sense to come here in a hurry, on a painted on minutes a few days. In addition to well-known all over America museums and galleries, it is imperative to allow time for pretending student lie on the lawns on the campus of Harvard University, wander around countless bookstore in Cambridge campus and in one of them to wash down with a cup of excellent espresso fatigue. It is impossible not to taste sweet baked beans with pork (Boston traditional dish), butter clam kremsupa in edible bread plate, a young, fresh-caught cod, or a hefty lobster floating fish restaurant. These New England pure fun can not stand fuss.

 

And of course, you can not leave Boston without looking at the old aristocratic quarter of Beacon Hill. Seeing these narrow streets lit by gas lamps ghostly, XIX century mansions of dark brick, closely pressed against each other, with idyllic white shutters and flower attics, you temporarily forget that you are in America. And you realize that Bostonians have the right to be snobs. At least a little. Dossier of "America".