January 9, 2019 | A Community Conversation: The Power of Public Monuments and Why They Matter
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST Tremont Temple Baptist Church 88 [...]
Celebrating the Boston Women’s Memorial | October 15, 2018
This October marks the 15th anniversary of the Boston Women's Memorial, commemorating the lives of Phillis Wheatley, Abigail [...]
Founders Memorial Gets a Freshening Up | August 1, 2018
Longtime Friends member, John Winthrop made a generous gift to underwrite the recent conservation work on the Founders Memorial, [...]
July 27, 2018 | Launch of the Shaw/MA 54th Regiment Memorial Restoration Project
Left to right: Christopher Cook, City of Boston; Michael Creasy, National Parks Service; Marita Rivero, Museum of African [...]
October 7, 2017 | Ducklings 30th Birthday
Celebrating a Milestone Anniversary in the Public Garden Hard to imagine it has been 30 years! The famous Ducklings [...]
June 5, 2017 | Making History on the Common
Fishweirs, sheep, protests, dancing, and colonial punishments return to Boston CommonDespite the rain on June 5th, just under 1,000 Boston [...]
The Irish connection: Sculpture in our parks | March 14, 2017
March is famous in Boston for St. Patrick’s Day and the celebration of all things Irish. The history of [...]
African American History Month: Sculpture in our Parks | February 16, 2017
February is African American History Month paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to [...]
Protests on Boston Common | February 16, 2017
A history of demonstration in American's first park The Women’s March on January 21 on Boston Common was just [...]
June 6, 2016 | Making History on the Common
Just over 1,000 Boston elementary school students in grades 3-5 participated in the Friends of the Public Garden’s seventh [...]