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At the left points the spire of Park Street Church, notable not for its age, for it is only a little over a century old, but for its charming beauty, and by the fact that William Lloyd Garrison delivered his first address here, and here "America" was sung in public for the first time. AT THE LEFT POINTS THE SPIRE OF PARK STREET CHURCH NOTABLE NOT FOR ITS AGE FOR IT IS ONLY A LITTLE OVER A CENTURY OLD BUT FOR ITS CHARMING BEAUTY AND BY THE FACT THAT WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON DELIVERED HIS FIRST ADDRESS HERE AND HERE AMERICA WAS SUNG IN PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME
continued until 1830. It was here that John Hancock's cattle grazed--he who lived in such magnificence on the hill, and in whose side yard the State House was built--and once, when preparations for an official banquet were halted by shortage of milk, tradition has it that he ordered his servants to hasten out on the Common and milk every cow there, regardless of ownership. Tradition also tells us that the little boy Ralph Waldo Emerson tended his mother's cow here; and finally both traditions and existing law declare that yonder one-story building opening upon Mount Vernon Street, and possessing an oddly wide door, must forever keep that door of sufficient width to let the cows pass through to the Common. Let us stand upon the steps of the State House and look out over the Common. To our right, near the intersection of Boylston and Tremont Streets, lies the half-forgotten, almost obliterated Central Burying Ground, the final resting-place of Gilbert Stuart, the famous American painter. ICH WAS CONTINUED UNTIL EIGHTEEN THIRTY IT WAS HERE THAT JOHN HANCOCK'S CATTLE GRAZED HE WHO LIVED IN SUCH MAGNIFICENCE ON THE HILL AND IN WHOSE SIDE YARD THE STATE HOUSE WAS BUILT AND ONCE WHEN PREPARATIONS FOR AN OFFICIAL BANQUET WERE HALTED BY SHORTAGE OF MILK TRADITION HAS IT THAT HE ORDERED HIS SERVANTS TO HASTEN OUT TO THE COMMON AND MILK EVERY COW THERE REGARDLESS OF OWNERSHIP TRADITION ALSO TELLS US THAT THE LITTLE BOY RALPH WALDO EMERSON TENDED HIS MOTHER'S COW HERE AND FINALLY BOTH TRADITIONS AND EXISTING LAW DECLARE THAT YONDER ONE STORY BUILDING OPENING UPON MOUNT VER NON STREET AND POSSESSING AN ODDLY WIDE DOOR MUST FOREVER KEEP THAT DOOR OF SUFFICIENT WIDTH TO LET THE COWS PASS THROUGH TO THE COMMON LET US STAND UPON THE STEPS OF THE STATE HOUSE AND LOOK OUT OVER THE COMMON TO OUR RIGHT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BOYSTON AND TREMONT STREETS LIES THE HALF FORGOTTEN ALMOST OBLITERATED CENTRAL BURYING GROUND THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF GILBERT STUART THE FAMOUS AMERICAN PAINTER
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