Boston, capital of the state of Massachusetts and largest city in New England, has the honor of being one of the oldest cities in the United States, founded in 1630 by Puritan colonists. It is also one of the most important cities in American history, in particular during the Revolution against the English crown, being the scene of several key events such as the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and the battle of Bunker Hill. The city is also one of the busiest ports in the northern Atlantic, which became the arrival point of many Irish immigrants looking for a better life on America's shores, in one of the first waves of migration that have shaped American society.

The Boston of today is a liberal bastion in America, owing to its large presence of college students enrolled in Harvard, and to the multicultural composition of the city inhabitants. Boston is usually associated with Irish migrants and their descendants, and among them one family stands above all, the Kennedys, who have dominated the Democratic Party scene since Joseph Kennedy Sr's political career. While Kennedy Sr is a controversial figure, he has kept alive the flame of liberalism in America, and his children, John F. and Robert F., are doing the same for the country. Perhaps if one of them were to rise up to the Presidency, Boston would become the birthplace of the first Irish American President, a great honor even for a city with such a long and rich history.