interesting facts
- Witch hangings/ public executions took place in the middle of the " Public Garden" aka the Boston common
- millions of redcoat soldiers are buried under the Boston common due to the " Public Garden" being British territory during the American Revolution
- The Massachusetts colony became the 6th state on Feburary 6th, 1788
- Native Americans originally named Boston Shawmut, but colonists renamed it after a hometown in England