Massachusetts has some extremely old towns and cities throughout the state. Like, really, really, really old. That being said, America just happened to celebrate a birthday about three months ago on July 4th. In fact, it was America's 248th birthday. But did you know that a town in Massachusetts is way older than that? By way older, we mean, more than a century older. And even beyond that, it's more than 150 years older than America.
Massachusetts certainly has some of the richest history of any state in the U.S. There's lots of things in the Bay State that even pre-date America's birthday on July 4th, 1776. Of course, some big parts of America's history also took place within the confines of some of the most historic forts in the U.S. Some of those have been made into national, state, and local parks. Others serve as historic monuments and landmarks throughout the country, which often make for great tourist attractions as well. It seems that two of these historic forts that are just as old as America are here in Massachusetts.
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Massachusetts has several very, very old towns. Like, crazy old! That being said, America celebrated its 247th birthday during this past year. But did you know that a town in Massachusetts is so much older than that? Like, more than a century older. It's more than 150 years older than America.