Boston Common

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Address	139 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02111, United States
Area	20
Hours	Closed ⋅ Opens 5AM
Designated NHLD	February 27, 1987
Architects	Augustus St. Gaudens
Did you know	It was once owned by William Blaxton, the first European settler in Boston.
Date of Reg.	2019-10-03 07:21:12
Date of Upd.	2023-01-09 16:31:48
ID	1354752

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About Boston Common

Boston Common is a central public park in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is sometimes erroneously referred to as the Boston Commons. Dating from 1634, it is the oldest city park in the United States.

Where is the Boston Common

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Moratorium Day: The day that millions of Americans marched

Feb 16,2020 7:09 am

... In Boston, about 100,000 people marched on Moratorium Day - it was considered the largest protest the city had ever seen at the time A skywriting plane drew the peace symbol in the sky above the Boston Common as thousands marched The protests brought America s middle class and middle-aged voters out in large numbers for the first time At the time, Moratorium Day was believed to be the largest mass demonstration in US history with more than two million people taking part New York saw a number of rallies across the city At the New York State Theatre, there was a 12 hour chamber music vigil while about 2,000 doctors, nurses and hospital employees chose to march in protest The protests helped put the anti-war movement in the national spotlight and into the mainstream news Supporters of the Moratorium were pictured wearing black armbands...