Boston Schoolchildren Make History on the Common Today

From The Friends of the Public Garden (edited):

The Friends of the Public Garden will bring 7,500 years of Boston history to life at a special event today from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Boston Common called Making History on the Common.

Children from all over Massachusetts will have the opportunity to look at a Fishweir, participate in Native American dancing and play games that youngsters in the 18th century would have played.

There are historic interpreters describing how the Boston Common was used during the colonial period and sheep and cows grazing in the Common just like they used to do centuries ago.

Children will have the opportunity to be placed in stocks to see what punishment was like in colonial times, see weaving demonstrations and meet re-enactors from the Civil War. For more information go to www.friendsofthepublicgarden.org

And feel free to upload photos from the event onto this article!