Miles Taylor portrays the Marquis de Lafayette on Boston’s Freedom Trail and recently went viral on TikTok
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- Miles Taylor portrays the Marquis de Lafayette on Boston’s Freedom Trail and recently went viral on TikTok
- Taylor creates his own costumes and uses his tours to correct misconceptions and inspire interest in history
- Fans praise Taylor for making history engagingwith some sharing lasting memories from his tours years later
Miles Taylor thought he was signing up to teach people about history. Instead, the 30-year-old Freedom Trail Player® has become an unexpected TikTok star.
Taylor, who portrays the Marquis de Lafayette on Boston’s Freedom Trail, recently went viral after a video of him in costume began circulating on TikTok.
“I’d wanted to be a Freedom Trail tour guide for a long time, almost immediately after I moved to Boston,” Taylor tells PEOPLE exclusively…