Halloween was originally a festival held on the eve of the day marking the end of the lighter half of the year and the beginning of the darker half, the winter months. Both British and Gaelic tribes held similar festivities. The Gaelic tribes believed that the border between this world and the world of spirits was thin on the eve of the darker half of the year. So they creating rituals around interactions with the spirit world. There was fortune telling and huge bonfires to ward off the harmful spirits. And they disguise themselves as a evil spirit to avoid harm.

If you are looking for a halloween themed Boston excursion this month, look no further than the most famous dead center of Boston town, Granary Burying Ground. This cemetary is the resting place of some very prestegiuos indivuals in US history. “Along with Massachusetts governors, mayors and clergymen, visitors will find the graves of three signers of the Declaration of Independence: Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Robert Treat Paine; Peter Faneuil, benefactor of the famed downtown Boston landmark; patriot and craftsman Paul Revere; James Otis, Revolutionary orator and lawyer; and five victims of the Boston Massacre. Near the center of the ground, a 25-foot-tall obelisk commemorates the tomb of Benjamin Franklin’s parents.”
The Graveyard was established in 1660 and was originally part of the Boston Common. Granary Burying Ground holds graves of approximately 5,000 people but there are only 2,345 gravestones.

The cemetary is located on Tremont Street (between Park and School Sreets)