A continuation of yesterpost...
We admired more of the garden before discovering the statue of Edward Everett Hale, another Unitarian minister and the grand-nephew of Nathan Hale, colonial spy executed during the American Revolution.
We then crossed Charles Street and headed into Boston Common, which has a lot more open green space. One big event held here was the first Mass offered by Pope Saint John Paul II in America on October 1, 1979.
We saw a statue in the distance that interested me, but something much closer caught the attention of the children.
We took a ride on the carousel which provided a fun break from the sunshine.
The field is also famous (or at least it has a memorial) for the Oneida Football Club of Boston, the first such club in the United States that went undefeated from 1862 to 1865.
Nearby a relief commemorates the founding of Boston in 1630.
We finally made it up the hill to discover the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, erected in 1877 featuring prominent Bostonian military men from the American Civil War era.
By the memorial is a sea mine like the ones used in World War I to blockade the North Sea. Such a memorial struck us as odd--it commemorates the mine layers and sweepers from World War I.
We stopped for a quick snack at one of the many carts in the park and then discovered Brewer Fountain, a piece from the 1876 Paris Expo.
The north end of the Common has the best feature, at least according to my children--the Tadpole Playground!
As the name implies, there is plenty of water available for splashing and getting wet. If we had known, we might have dressed more appropriately. The kids had fun anyway.
We had lunch and then headed back to the hotel for a fine siesta.
We admired more of the garden before discovering the statue of Edward Everett Hale, another Unitarian minister and the grand-nephew of Nathan Hale, colonial spy executed during the American Revolution.
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| More gardens |
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| Edward Everett Hale |
We then crossed Charles Street and headed into Boston Common, which has a lot more open green space. One big event held here was the first Mass offered by Pope Saint John Paul II in America on October 1, 1979.
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| Entering the Common |
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| Memorial to Papal Mass |
We saw a statue in the distance that interested me, but something much closer caught the attention of the children.
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| Statue on a hill |
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| Carousel nearby! |
We took a ride on the carousel which provided a fun break from the sunshine.
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| My daughter on a zebra |
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| My son looks back |
The field is also famous (or at least it has a memorial) for the Oneida Football Club of Boston, the first such club in the United States that went undefeated from 1862 to 1865.
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| Oneida Football Club memorial |
Nearby a relief commemorates the founding of Boston in 1630.
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| Boston founding! |
We finally made it up the hill to discover the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, erected in 1877 featuring prominent Bostonian military men from the American Civil War era.
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| The base of the statue |
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| The memorial from the back |
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| The memorial from the front |
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| Front base |
By the memorial is a sea mine like the ones used in World War I to blockade the North Sea. Such a memorial struck us as odd--it commemorates the mine layers and sweepers from World War I.
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| Mine Memorial |
We stopped for a quick snack at one of the many carts in the park and then discovered Brewer Fountain, a piece from the 1876 Paris Expo.
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| Brewers Fountain |
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| Sculpture detail |
The north end of the Common has the best feature, at least according to my children--the Tadpole Playground!
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| Entrance to Tadpole Playground |
As the name implies, there is plenty of water available for splashing and getting wet. If we had known, we might have dressed more appropriately. The kids had fun anyway.
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| Inside the playground |
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| Climbing up |
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| Sliding down |
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| Not so far down |
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| Tough rings |
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| Froggy waters! |
We had lunch and then headed back to the hotel for a fine siesta.
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