by Susan | Jul 31, 2023 | Monuments
Located in Marsh Plaza on the campus of Boston University, Free at Last is an abstract sculpture made of rust-covered sheets of hammered Cor-Ten steel welded together to form a flock of fifty doves in flight. Each dove represents one of the fifty states. The sculpture...
by Susan | Jan 3, 2022 | Monuments
Dedicated in 1868, this forty-foot-tall monument commemorates the use of ether as an anesthetic, a pivotal moment in medical history. The first public demonstration of ether anesthesia was conducted at nearby Massachusetts General Hospital in 1846 by Boston dentist...
by Susan | Jun 15, 2020 | Monuments
In 2000 this was designated as the official peace statue of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It was dedicated on May 30, 1934 in Veteran’s Memorial Park. On the front of the base is a bronze plaque with the relief sculpture of a mourning woman with her head...
by Susan | Jun 1, 2020 | Monuments
Rachel Carson (1907-1964), an environmental conservationist, author and scientist, is recognized as the mother of the modern environmental movement. Her 1960 book “Silent Spring” details the ecological hazards of post-WWII chemical pesticides. Carson’s...
by Susan | May 28, 2020 | Monuments
In the late 1980s, a young girl on a class trip walking Boston’s Freedom Trail asked, “Where are the women?” She sparked a movement to make the landscape of Boston more inclusive. The Boston Women’s Memorial honors three important contributors to Boston’s rich...
