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. Shaw Memorial VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
This relief immortalizes the
Civil War’s 54th regiment of Practical Information
Massachusetts Infantry, the Map 1 B4.
first free black regiment in Tel (617) 426-3115.
the Union Army, and their ∑ swanboats.com
white colonel Robert Shaw.
∑ bostonusa.com
Open 24 hrs. Visitors’ Center:
139 Tremont St;
Open 8:30am–5pm Mon–Fri,
9am–5pm Sat & Sun. Times vary
in winter. Tel (617) 522-1966.
Swan Boats: Public Garden.
Open mid-Apr–mid-Sep:
10am–5pm daily. Times may
vary. &
Transport
 Park Street, Boylston Street,
Arlington.

Parkman Bandstand
This bandstand was built in 1912
to memorialize George F. Parkman,
who bequeathed $5 million for the care
of Boston Common and other parks
in the city.

KEY
1 Statue of Edward Everett Hale brood of ducklings, based on 8 Park Street subway
2 The Swan Boats, originally the classic children’s story by 9 Brewer Fountain was pur-
inspired by Wagner’s Lohengrin, Robert McCloskey. chased at the 1867 Paris Expo.
have been a feature of the Public 6 The Soldiers and Sailors 0 Visitors’ Center
Garden lagoon since 1877. Monument, erected in 1877, q Central Burying Ground
3 Statue of Reverend William features prominent Bostonians dates from 1756 and holds the
Ellery Channing from the time of the Civil War. remains of many British and
4 The Ether Monument 7 Blackstone Memorial Tablet American casualties from the
memorializes the first use of recalls the purchase of the Battle of Bunker Hill (see p22).
anaesthesia in 1846. common in 1634 and is cited The por traitist Gilbert Stuart
5 Make Way for Ducklings is as proof that it belongs to is also buried at this graveyard.
the sculpture of a duck and her the people. w The Flagstaff

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