Presidents Day Activities in Boston, MA can be exciting, fun and even educational. Massachusetts after all is the birth place of several American presidents. The second president of the U. S., John Adams was born in a village just outside of the city of Boston as was his son, also a president of the U. S., John Quincy Adams. In the twentieth century John F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, MA also just outside of the city of Boston and George Herbert Walker Bush was born in Milton, MA again, a community on the outskirts of the city of Boston. So as you hunt for Presidents Day Activities in Boston, MA you might want to at least begin with an interesting look at the life of one of Massachusetts favorite sons who served as President of the United States.
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Taking your family on an outing to the JFK Presidential Library and Museum can be among the most appropriate of Presidents Day Activities in Boston, MA Located on Columbia Point in Boston the Museum is open 7 days a week so you visit throughout the weekend prior to Presidents Day if that works for you. Hours are fro 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for Seniors and college students, $7 for children 13-17 and children 12 and under are admitted free.
The JFK Presidential Library and Museum can really help you to connect to the history and the ceremony that are connected not just to JFK but to the office of the president and any person who comes to hold that office. Yes, you will learn a lot about John Kennedy, but you and your family will also find in this museum a way to make the office of the presidency seem more real and connected to you and your every day world. You may be surprised at the interest this provokes and the questions that it raises about the presidency for you and your whole family. Among the Presidents Day activities in Boston, MA this would seem to be an excellent choice and one connected to the real meaning of the day.
Celebrity Chefs Culinary Saturdays. So maybe you’re not a history buff and you don’t like museums , no to worry. During Presidents Day Weekend you can find other things in Boston to do. For example why not visit the Copley Hotel in Boston and join in the final “Celebrity Chefs Culinary Saturday”. This program has been running since January 12 on Saturday afternoons from 1-3 p.m
During the session at this spectacular Boston Hotel, a guest chef provides a presentation on one of his or her cooking specialties. Guests include local chefs, and authors of well known cook books and are open to good cooks and rank beginners. At the end of the presentation there is always the opportunity to sample from among the chefs best works and enjoy the appropriate wine to enhance whatever has been prepared. On February 16 the guest chef will be Mary Ann Esposito host of Ciao Italia and also the author of “Ciao Italia Slow and Easy”.
You can attend this food filled cooking event for $60 per person. But if your budget will stretch you might also want to consider making your trip in to Boston a wonderful escape for Presidents Day Weekend by booking tickets for the culinary event as well as an overnight stay at the Copley. For more information or to make a reservation for a Celebrity Chefs Weekend Package call ahead at 1-800- 441-1414
Boston’s Original Chocolate Tour. Another Presidents Day Weekend delight is made available to visitors to Boston on Saturday, February 16 by Old Town Trolley Tours. You can choose to celebrate Presidents Day with a sweet tooth adventure through the streets of Boston. This three hour “chocolaty tour” will take you to some of Boston’s “culinary landmarks”. The good news is this is a stop by kind of tour, you don’t just get to view of the landmark, but some serious tasting is involved as well.
If you are a chocolate lover, and who isn’t , then you may want to consider paying the $75 ticket price that will admit you to three hours of historical chocolate bliss. You will visit such spots as the well known and much celebrated “top of the hub” in Boston’s Prudential Tower. At this stop you get to both enjoy a spectacular view of the city and simultaneously enjoy a featured “chocolate surprise”. Ever think you might like to see the inside of the Omni Parker House? Its part of your chocolate tour. Even though the Parker House is perhaps more well known for its original creation of the Parker House Rolls, local Bostonians are wise to the fact that the Parker House, now the Omni Parker House was also the spot where chefs whipped up the first Boston Creme Pie. For chocolate lovers this is a wonderful use of their favorite flavor
The final stop on the Chocolate Tour is the Langham Hotel. Well actually forget about the hotel and get us to the Chocolate Bar. For real chocolate lovers the Langham Chocolate Bar is almost too good to be true. The Chocolate Bar offers chocolate in all of its many incarnations, mousse, ice cream, cookies, pastries, you name it. This stop is the perfect ending to a very tasty tour.
Museum of Fine Arts African Film Festival. Are you a film buff? Then why not celebrate Presidents Day Weekend with a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts on Huntington Ave. in Boston. This is the season for the Museum’s African Film Festival and you can be a part of what is gong on. African films are being showcased as the MFA throughout the month of February and during Presidents Day Weekend on Saturday February 16 you can see “the JuJu Factory” in a noontime showing.
The early show time during this long weekend may actually open up the door for you to continue your day at the MFA where there is always plenty to see or to pick up on the Chocolate Tour or wander on out to the Kennedy Library and Museum.
