BOSTON COMMONS

2.  BOSTON COMMONS--Set aside in 1634 as a military training field and grazing pasture, the Common is the oldest public park in America.  The park served as quarters for British as well as Colonial troops, and later housed Civil War regiments.  The British Army set out for the start of the Revolutionary War from what is now Park Square.

Civil War Memorial on Flag Staff Hill...

called The Soldiers and Sailors Monument completed in 1877.

Holland on merry-go-round...

at the Frog Pond in British Commons

Fun balloon maker at Frog Pond that made Holland a...

fun penguin!!!

The playground...

and one of the bronze frogs on the pond's edge.  This pond is frozen in the winter for ice-skating!

The kids loved the swimming pools where we stayed!  Here's Cole diving into the pool; he and Jaxon were just like fish!!

None of the kids were afraid of the water, even Izzy!

Olivia, Holland McKenna and Isabella sitting in the hottub!

The two princesses ready for bed!  It was one big cousin sleep-over!