Boston Common is the nation’s oldest public park. Over the years it has been used for public meetings, hangings, military exercises, and recreation.

The Frog Pond is one of Boston Common's most popular attractions and a perennial favorite with children and adults alike. Great fun any time of the year, ...

The Parkman Bandstand was named for one of the Common’s greatest benefactors, George Francis Parkman Jr., who died in 1908 and left $5 million for the care ...

Renovated in 2002, the Tadpole Playground—adjacent to the Frog Pond—provides a safe place for Boston’s children to gather and play outdoors.

Built in the 1870s, this cottage originally stood near the West Street Gate. For many years it served as a "ladies comfort station.

One of Boston Common’s most popular attractions is the Frog Pond. In the winter the Frog Pond is frozen over for ice skating, and in the summer it serves as ...

The last stop on this walking tour is the most acclaimed sculpture on Boston Common—Augustus Saint-Gaudens’s Robert Gould Shaw Memorial, located directly ...

The city bought the land for the old Central Burying Ground in 1756. Among those buried here are composer William Billings, artist Gilbert Stuart, ...

One of the most beautiful and impressive works on the Common is the Soldiers and Sailors Monument located on Flagstaff Hill. The monument was created by ...

Another site on the Common named for George Parkman Jr. is the Parkman Plaza, dedicated in 1960 by Boston Mayor John F. Collins. The plaza is a semicircular ...