PLACES: No American who is alive today was alive to witness the birth of our nation.

It’s hard to imagine life nearly 250 years ago, but not impossible: the National Park Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, has preserved many places important to the American Revolution, helping keep those memories alive.

In celebration of the Fourth of July, the National Parks Service talked about a few of those places.

“Every year, we celebrate our nation’s birthday on the Fourth of July, but the story of the American Revolution is about so much more than just one day or one place,” the parks service stated in a blog post.

“From protests against taxation and a lack of representation, to the clashing of armies on numerous battlefields 1,000 miles apart, the struggle for independence began slowly and built into an unstoppable movement that changed the world.”

And here’s a few of the places where that struggle was fought:

• The 2.5-mile Freedom Trail at Boston National Historical Park in Massachusetts takes visitors on a path between museums, churches, meeting houses and more that figure into the American Revolution.

• Right here in Pennsylvania visitors can find Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia encompasses Independence Hall — a site where our Founding Fathers spent many hours in discussion — along with the Liberty Bell, Congress Hall and Franklin Court.

• Minute Man National Historical Park in Massachusetts is the site of the North Bridge in Concord — and the site of the first battle of the war.

• Also in Pennsylvania is Valley Forge National Historical Park, where General George Washington settled his soldiers for winter in 1777-78.

• Saratoga National Historical Park in New York includes the fields that were the location of an American victory over the British.

For additional information on these patriotic sites and more patriotic sites, visit the Department of the Interior online at https://www.doi.gov/blog/relive-spirit-american-revolution.