Elizabeth Foster Goose - Charlestown, MA
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This plaque honoring Mother Goose is located in City Square Park in Boston's Charlestown neighborhood.
Waymark Code: WMJ6QQ
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 10/03/2013
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City Square Park has several pillars with plaques similar to this one. This oval plaque depicts a scene from the story of the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe. A woman lifts a baby with several other toddlers bounding about with a large shoe and building in the background and a goose in the foreground. At top, the words: "ELIZABETH FOSTER GOOSE".
Below, in the oval:
"1665 - 1757
Mother Goose Rhymes"
Below and outside the oval:
ARTS & HUMANITIES"
Intertestingly, the identity of the true Mother Goose is disputed with Elizabeth Foster Goose being just one of the likely suspects. Read more at (
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