Thank+You+Letter


 * Writing a **[[image:thank_ou.jpg]]** Letter [[image:thank.jpg]]**


 * Your Task:** Write a thank you letter to our Freedom Trail guide, Cara McIntyre (aka Elizabeth Murray), for taking us along the Freedom Trail. You will not only thank her, but you will also thank her for providing so much information, for teaching us new information, for showing us the Haunted Hotel (an extra site), for taking pictures with us, and for anything else you'd like to thank her for. Be sure to tell her if you think she did a good job and if so, what she did that made her good (examples: dressing in costume, speaking clearly and using language of the time period, and/or getting into her character).


 * Assignment Reminders and Specifics: **
 * You will write a draft on paper that you use to revise and edit. This paper will be turned in on the top, black shelf by Friday.
 * You will type your final draft as a response to this page under the discussion tab.
 * You may complete your assignment at home or during your computer time at school. (To use your computer time in school, you must already have your draft written, revised, and edited.)
 * You will use proper business letter form to complete your assignment. A link to an example is below.
 * You will use the school's address as your address. (Veteran's Park School, 486 Chapin St., Ludlow, MA 01056)
 * Our guide's real name is Cara McIntyre, her character was Elizabeth Murray.
 * Her business name is The Freedom Trail Foundation, 99 Chauncy St., Suite 401, Boston, MA 02111

Sample of Business Letter Format can be found by clicking here


 * Freedom Trail Information **

The Freedom Trail is a 2.5 mile red-brick walking trail in Boston that leads you to 16 nationally significant historic sites. The 2.5-mile long trail starts at the Boston Common and ends at the Bunker Hill Monument. The Freedom Trail was the original idea of a local journalist William Schofield in 1958 who wanted to promote the idea of linking important local landmarks with a pedestrian trail. Today people from all over the world visit Boston and walk in the footsteps of history by following the red bricks of the Freedon Trail. The 16 historical sites on the Freedom Trail include: [|The Freedom Trail Foundation]- a website dedicated to offering information about the Freedom Trail.
 * Boston Common
 * Massachusetts State House
 * The Black Heritage Trail
 * The Park Street Churchand Granary Burying Ground
 * King's Chapel and Burying Ground
 * Benjamin Franklin statue and the First Public School site
 * Old Corner Bookstore
 * Old South Meeting House
 * Old State House
 * The government beheld site for the March 5, 1770 Boston Massacre
 * Faneuil Hall
 * The two notable monuments to Paul Revere - the Paul Revere House and the Old North Church
 * Copp's Hill Burying Ground
 * The USS Constitution and Museum
 * Bunker Hill Monument