Charming Holiday Keepsake

All my life I have collected .925 silver charms.

I generally purchase the charms while travelling. They serve as souvenirs of each trip I take and remind me of lots of good times. While on our recent trip to Boston I was on the hunt for new additions to the collection. The hunt was a success!

Let’s have a peek at what I brought home. ☺️

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Silver Swan: I picked up this little bird in the Boston Public Garden. One of our first activities on the trip was a swan boat ride. The swan boats run spring through early fall in the garden. Each boat runs off of human pedal power features a swan at the front of the boat.

Actual swan boat.

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I got this charm in Nantucket. The island is known for these beautiful hand made baskets. During the days of whaling a popular hobby aboard ship between hunts was making baskets.

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Here is a lovely little charm of the state of Massachusetts. I purchased this in Hyannis. One of my favorite things about this charm is it names several of the spots we visited: Boston, Worcester, Cape Cod, Plymouth.

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This charm is of the Mayflower. This ship brought English settlers (pilgrims) to America in November 1620. We saw a replica of this boat in Mystic, Connecticut.

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Here we have a delightful little lighthouse. We saw at least four on the trip. This lighthouse isn’t one that we specifically visited but I feel like it captured the seaside vibe of our holiday.

Mystic, Connecticut.

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Cape Cod is a peninsula on the eastern side of Massachusetts. We spent three night on the Cape visiting the most charming little towns I’ve ever seen.

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This charm depicts the Pilgrim Monument located in Provincetown, Massachusetts. This tower marks the spot the English settlers first came to shore in what would later become the USA.

Pilgrim Monument

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This charm is from Plimoth Plantation in the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Plimoth Plantation is a living history museum and reproduction of the original pilgrim settlement in America. This charm is of one of the thatched cottages lived in by the settlers.

Plimoth Plantation thatched cottages.

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One of by land, two if by sea! Patriot Paul Revere is famously known in the USA for riding into the night to alert the colony’s militia men of a imminent invasion of British soldiers. This was the final straw that ignited rebellion in the colonies which led to the formation of the United States of America. The night of Revere’s ride a secret code was devised to alert the colonists of the British approach on Boston. One candle would be displayed in a church tower of an invasion by land, two candles if the British came by boat. This charm represents those candles.

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Thanks for reading about one of my favor collections! ☺️

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