Boston Common (Boston, Massachusetts)

Dating from 1634, The Boston Common is known to be one of the oldest public parks in the country. During the 1630s, it was used as a cow pasture by many families living in Boston. The Common was used as a camp by the British before the Revolutionary War, from which they left for the Battle of Lexington and Concord. Today, Boston Common anchors the Emerald Necklace, a system of connected parks that winds through many of Boston's neighborhoods. True park status seems to have emerged no later than 1830, when the grazing of cows was ended. It was declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1987. Famous individuals such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Pope John Paul II have made speeches there. Judy Garland gave her largest concert ever on the Common, on August 31, 1967 attracting over 100,000.

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 parkNRHP - National Register of Historic PlacesU.S. National Historic Landmark
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Common
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Coordinates:  42°21'18"N 71°3'56"W

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  • over fifty acres of it!
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