Needham Community Education

Join your guide, Mike Manning, for a walking tour of the North End and the Charlestown Navy Yard. The tour will begin at the Mirabella Pool located at 475 Commercial Street in Boston's North End. We will explore the North End and visit the following sites: Edmund Hartt shipyard, area of the Great Molasses Flood (1919), the Prince Street location of the Draft Riot (1863), and the location of the infamous Brink's Robbery (1950). Next, we will make our way across the North Washington Street bridge and into Charlestown. Once in the Navy Yard, we will discuss the founding of the Yard as one of the original six Navy yards in the US. The tour will end at the USS Constitution Museum at approximately 12:15 PM.