Falmouth is a sea-side town of eight unique villages, with 68 miles of coastline. It is a popular historical Cape Cod summer resort destination http://www.falmouthchamber.com/.
The steeple bell, made by Paul Revere, continues to ring out over Falmouth. Rev. William Bates
was the church’s minister from 1858 until his untimely death in 1859 shortly
after the birth of his daughter, Katharine Lee, who became a professor at
Wellesley College and a noted American poet.
Miss Bates’ famous poem America the Beautiful, the basis of the now
famous patriotic hymn of that name, was first published in The
Congregationalist in 1895. Katharine wrote poems about the church and
community and visited Falmouth annually for the rest of her life http://www.firstcongfalmouth.org/Church%20History.htm.
The parish of St. Barnabas was founded in 1888 by E. Pierson Beebe and his brothers and sisters "in loving memory of their parents". The history of the church, chapel, Parish House, and Memorial Garden is fascinating, and the architecture and stained glass windows are magnificent http://stbarnabasfalmouth.org/about/tour-of-st-barnabas/.
Woods Hole is home to the world's largest independent marine science research center, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution http://www.whoi.edu/main/history-legacy.
Woods Hole is where we will catch the ferry to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. It is a wonderful, quaint historical village with lots of beautiful homes and mansions http://www.woodshole.com/.
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