Condensed Guide to Certain Historic Places in Boston And Vicinity
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The stone cannon by the High School, which is presently seen on the right, marks the site of one of the field pieces placed by Earl Percy to cover the retreat of the British troops. In the Town Hall, at Lexington Center, is the masterly painting of the Battle of Lexington by Henry Sandham; also, statues of John Hancock and Samuel Adams. GUIDE TO HISTORIC PLACES 29 Cary Memorial Library (Marian P. Kirkland, Librarian), with its attractive out-of-door bulletin board, is soon reached. The Library ...was founded in 1868 by Mrs. Maria Hastings Cary; the present building was erected in 1906 by Miss Alice Butler Cary in memory of her mother. A few rods from the library is the famous "Common" or "Battle- ground" known as "the birthplace of American liberty." Here are many points of vital interest. The Hayes Memorial Fountain, with statue of idealized Minute Man, called "Captain Parker," Henry H. Kitson, sculptor, faces the British line of march. Buck- man Tavern, the rendezvous of the Minute Men, now used as a Community House, is just across the Green.
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