Thursday, August 11, 2011

Boston Public Art, Public Garden

Public Art in the Boston MA Public Garden


























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Charles Sumner was a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1851-74)
Born: 6 January 1811 Boston, Massachusetts
Died: 11 March 1874
Best Known As: The anti-slavery Republican activist who was caned in the U.S. Senate in 1856.













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An Irish immigrant, Colonel Thomas Cass (1822-1862) founded the “Fighting Ninth” Regiment during the Civil War. The Ninth Regiment consisted entirely of volunteers, most of them Irish-American. Cass was killed leading his troops in battle at Malvern Hill in Virginia.















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Wendell Phillips: The Voice of the Abolition Movement













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George Washington, First US President
















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General Thaddeus Kosciuszko 1746 - 1817











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