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At the Wharf in Boston on the Plaza by the Childrens Museum in a Giant Hood Milk Bottle. The Milk Bottle is 40 feet high and made entirely of wood. There is large text on the bottle: "It's Hoods be Good." Currently the Bottle serves as a concessionaire selling hot dogs, ice cream and soda.
[Howard Schoenfeld, 10/10/2004]Hood Milk Bottle Building:- Address:
- 300 Congress St., Boston, MA
- Directions:
- I-93 exit 20. Follow signs to I-90E -- in the tunnel take exit 25 -- then follow the signs to "South Boston." At end of the ramp get into the left lane and turn left onto Congress St. Bottle is between the Children's Museum and the water.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
Mother "Mary" Goose is buried at the Granary Burial Ground in Boston.
[Kirsten, 11/15/2013]Mother Goose's Gravesite:- Address:
- Tremont Street, Boston, MA
- Directions:
- Granary Burial Ground, just east of Boston Common and Park St. along Tremont St.
- Hours:
- Daily 9-5. Gated after hours. Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Boston, Massachusetts - Mother Goose's Gravesite
Some believe this to be the grave of the original Mother Goose. It is unclear whether or not her body is buried under this stone or elsewhere in the cemetery.
[Alisa Johnson, 11/29/2004] - Boston, Massachusetts - Great Molasses Flood of 1919 - Plaque
A hideous food disaster -- a 40-foot-high tidal wave of sticky brown molasses from a collapsed storage tank -- that deserves a much more sensational monument.
Roadsideamerica.com Report...
North End Puopolo Park
- Address:
- 529 Commercial St., Boston, MA
- Directions:
- North End Puopolo Park. Along the sidewalk near the bocci ball court, between the two baseball diamonds.
The Molasses Flood plaque moved after renovation, as of 10/15/2023. The new plaque is very close to the old spot.
[EKB, 11/03/2023]
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Always a bit confusing: Mary Goose was the first wife of Isaac Goose; after she died, he married Elizabeth Foster (Goose), and they had a daughter, Elizabeth, who married Thomas Fleet, who wrote "Mother Goose's Melodies for Children" published in 1719. But Mary Goose's cool old Angel of Death tombstone is the Mother Goose tourist magnet.