Charlestown's initial claim to fame is that it was the first seat of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. (From City Square, you can still see the elliptical street patterns laid out back in 1629.) ...

The Charlestown Female Seminary was opened in 1830 at 30 Union Street and founded by 2 Baptist pastors, Dr. William Collier and Dr. Henry Jackson. For the citizens of Charlestown, one of the oldest ...