Boston's Goose Is Cooked
Tourists from around the world visit the cemetery yearly. Small flag markers clue them in as to where the really good dead people are. One grave in particular draws quite a crowd. It is the rumored resting place of Mother Goose.
Only rumored because Bostonians are not convinced the
body is where the Mary Goose headstone is.
They know she is in the cemetery somewhere, but probably
not there. Historians argue she was never from Boston in
the first place. Others claim no one knows just who this
Mother Goose person was. The issue has ruffled many feathers.
Just around the corner at the State House, things also seem a bit fishy. Inside, a five-foot long codfish hangs over the House of Representatives chamber. It was placed there less everyone forget the importance of cod to the state's economy. The fish points to the party in power and has become an essential part of lawmaking in Massachusetts. When it was stolen in 1933, business ceased for four days until the fish was returned to his docking station.
Granary Burying Ground |
