The Oneida monument on Boston Common is one of 44 pieces of
public art cared for by the Friends of the Public Gardens. The
monuments, big and small, are in constant need of tender loving
care. Want to help? The Friends of the Public Garden established
the Henry Lee Conservation Fund in honor of the organization’s
founder and longtime president. Those wishing to help care for
the monuments can send a check payable to Friends of the Public
Garden, 69 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 02108. Write Henry Lee
Conservation Fund in memo line. In the course of doing this
story, we learned how much we didn’t know. Boston Latin and
Boston English play football on Thanksgiving. But why, and whose
idea was Thanksgiving anyway? The answer to the last question
starts with a question. What is the connection between Mary had
a Little Lamb and Thanksgiving? The author of one of the most
famous nursery rhymes, Sarah Joseph Hale, had made it her cause
to have a day of thanksgiving become an official national
holiday. Primarily a New