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Public Lands Day Celebration

Boston NHP and Boston African American NHS will honor its volunteers with a picnic at Dorchester Heights on Saturday, September 26th. Over the past year we have worked with a number of community groups and individuals in Charlestown, Roxbury and South Boston to create videos, train teachers and plant gardens to name just a few of the activities.

On Saturday the 26th, Public Lands Day, we will give tribute to this spirit of stewardship with a special luncheon from noon until 2pm. From 2pm until 5pm we welcome our friends, neighbors and visitors from all over to join us in the celebration of a new partnership with Medicine Wheel Productions and First Bloom.



Drawing of Bunker Hill Monument under construction.  

Did You Know?
Did you know that the financing for The Bunker Hill Monument was a hand-to-mouth project, culminating in a bake sale in 1840, three years before the dedication? By contrast, The Dorchester Heights Monument was financed by an appropriation from the Massachusetts Legislature amounting to $100,000.

Last Updated: September 21, 2009 at 14:44 EST