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===Structures=== * The [[Boston Common Tablet]] is installed near the corner of Park Street and Tremont Street. * ''[[Declaration of Independence Tablet]]'' * Plaque to the [[Great Elm (Boston)|Great Elm tree]] which had been adorned with lanterns to represent liberty, used as a point of fortification, and used for hangings.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.celebrateboston.com/sites/boston-common-great-elm.htm|title=Boston Common Great Elm|work=celebrateboston.com}}</ref> It was destroyed in a storm in 1876. * The [[Robert Gould Shaw Memorial]] to [[Robert Gould Shaw]] and the Black [[54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry]] stands at Beacon and Park Streets, the northeast corner of the Common, opposite the State House. * The [[Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Boston)|Soldiers and Sailors Monument]] is a victory column on Flag Staff Hill in the Common, commemorating [[Civil War (United States)|Civil War]] dead. * The ''[[Boston Massacre Monument]]'' was dedicated November 14, 1888. * The [[Oneida Football Club Monument]] memorializes the Common as the site of the first organized football games in the United States, played by the [[Oneida Football Club]] in 1862.<ref>Winthrop Saltonstall Scudder, ''An historical sketch of the Oneida football club of Boston, 1862-1865'' (Boston, 1926)</ref> * [[Brewer Fountain]] stands near the corner of Park and Tremont Streets by [[Park Street station (MBTA)|Park Street Station]]. * [[Boylston station|Boylston]] and Park Street stations were the first two subway stations in the United States; they lie underneath the southern and eastern corners of the park, respectively. Both stations have been in near-continuous operation since the opening of the first portion of the [[Tremont Street subway]] (now part of the [[Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority|MBTA]]'s [[Green Line (MBTA)|Green Line]]) on September 1, 1897. * [[Parkman Bandstand]] is in the eastern part of the park, used in musical and theatrical productions. * [[Parkman Plaza]] features the statues ''Industry'', ''Learning'', and ''Religion''. <gallery widths="150"> File:Beacon St. Mall, Boston Common, by E. L. Allen.png|Beacon St. Mall, 19th century (photo by [[Edward L. Allen|E.L. Allen]]) File:Old elm tree, Boston Common, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views 3.jpg|Old Elm tree, 19th century File:GreatElmSiteBoston.JPG|Plaque to the Great Elm tree File:Robert Gould Shaw Memorial (36053).jpg|''[[Robert Gould Shaw Memorial]]'' File:Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Boston Common (2007).jpg|[[Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Boston)|Soldiers and Sailors Monument]] File:Boston Massacre Memorial - IMG 9560.JPG|[[Boston Massacre]] Memorial File:Frog Pond at Boston Common.jpg|The Frog Pond File:Parkman Bandstand.JPG|[[Parkman Bandstand]] File:USA-Boston Common.jpg|[[Massachusetts State House|Massachusetts State House/Massachusetts Statehouse ("New" State House)]] File:USA-Boston Common0.jpg|[[Boylston station]] File:Boston Common (2014) IMG 2995.JPG|Boston Common File:Aerial View Parkman Bandstand at Boston Common 2.jpg|Aerial view of [[Parkman Bandstand]] </gallery>
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