This article is co-written by Devin Martin ‘29 and Lily Faucett ‘29

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So you’re new to Boston. Quick, what’s the first place someone told you to go once you arrived? Let me guess, it wasn’t the Freedom Trail, the Common, or even the Rainbow Swash gas tank in Dorchester… it was Fenway Park?

The pilgrim must pay his respects at the cathedral before he is welcomed to the church.

What does it say about a city that founded a nation, pioneered the suffrage and civil rights movements, and reared many of the most influential figures in our nation’s history, that the first stop is a ballpark?

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