Editing Boston Common (section)

=== Recent history and designation ===
A hundred people gathered on the Common in early 1965 to protest the [[Vietnam War]]. A second protest happened on October 15, 1969, this time with 100,000 people protesting in the [[Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam]].<ref>Zinn, Howard. p.486</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Hastings|first=Max|url=|title=Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975|date=2018|isbn=978-0-06-240566-1|edition=1|location=New York, NY|oclc=1001744417}}</ref>

Boston Common was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1972 along with the adjacent [[Boston Public Garden]]. The Common was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987 with its own listing on the National Register.<ref name="nrhpinv2">{{Cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=87000760}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Boston Common|date=November 1985 |format=PDF |author=James H. Charleton |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=June 22, 2009}} and {{NHLS url|id=87000760|title=''Accompanying photos: one aerial from 1972 and three from 1985''|photos=y}}&nbsp;{{small|(1.43&nbsp;MB)}}</ref><ref name="nhlsum"/> It is managed by the Boston Park Department and cared for by [[Friends of the Public Garden]], a private advocacy group which also provides additional funding for maintenance and special events.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://friendsofthepublicgarden.org/|title=About - Friends of the Public Garden |website=friendsofthepublicgarden.org }}</ref>