Boston's Firsts
Just a few facts about Boston and Massachusetts
DID YOU KNOW….
- The first windmill was set up in Copp’s Hill Boston (1632)
- Harvard College was the first college established in America. (1636)
- It was also the first corporation in the United States.
- Boston Latin was the first school established in America. (1635)
- Boston was the site of the first Post Office. (1639)
- Boston Common was the first park. (1634)
- Boston Light was America’s first Lighthouse. (1716)
- Boston’s Fort Independence at Castle Island is the oldest continuous fortified site in British North America.
- The first demonstration of an anesthetic was at the Mass General Hospital (1846)
- Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in Boston (1875)
(Not to be confused with Boston Duck Tours)
