Georges Island

On one of the beautiful sunny summer morning, we took a ferry to Georges Island. It was my first time to be on a boat at a sea. It was also my first time to be in an island in a sea! We had wonderful adventure there and we did not mind at all that we had thunderstorm on the way back home.

Run, run, run, everybody, run, run, run,

Hey, what was over there?

Ok, I am coming.

Hold on, let me take a took,

I see,

I suddenly felt that Guoguo’s stroller was the best toy in the world.

Georges Island is dominated by historic Fort Warren, a Civil War-era fort known for its graceful granite archways and reputed ghost, the Lady in Black [1]. It was named for Revolutionary war hero Dr. Joseph Warren who sent Paul Revere on his famous ride. Dr. Warren was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill [2]. The fort was constructed from 1833-1861, completed shortly after the beginning of the American Civil War. Fort Warren defended the harbor in Boston from 1861 through the end of World War II. It served as a prison for Confederate officers and government officials during the Civil War and remained active through Spanish-American War and World War I & II [2].

References:

1. http://bostonharborislands.org/georges

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Warren_%28Massachusetts%29