This post is my contribution to the States of the Union Project (where writers from around the country tell about where they discovered religion and politics in their states) for Religion & Politics, the online news journal of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
Read the full post here: http://religionandpolitics.org/2012/07/30/massachusetts-a-teacher-strolls-along-the-freedom-trail/