Boston Common

America's oldest park founded in 1634. It became known as the 'Common' grounds where townspeople could graze their animals. Each towns person would pay a 'town shepherd' per head to tend their animals as they grazed.

It was not all fun and games happening in the Common, there were whipping posts, and stocks where punishment was doled out. Hangings of Pirates, murderers, and witches took place from a tree called the Great Elm. Several Quakers who refused expulsion from Boston because their beliefs were not of the norm were hanged in the Common.