{"id":1339,"date":"2015-04-16T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1339"},"modified":"2015-04-16T10:10:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T10:10:00","slug":"roses-for-sarmiento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1339","title":{"rendered":"Roses for Sarmiento"},"content":{"rendered":"

Those who walk by the statue of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento<\/a> on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall<\/a> may not realize how important this spot is to those visiting Boston from Argentina. <\/p>\n

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This week, someone placed roses on the paving stones that The Garden Club of the Back Bay<\/a> members added among the plantings around the sculpture.<\/p>\n

These stones were put in place to make it easier for people to have photos taken of themselves or their group with the statue. Ed and I often volunteer to take these photos with visitors' cameras and we're fairly sure other neighbors do the same.<\/p>\n

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This was not among my favorite sculptures when I first encountered it, but over the years I've come to associate it with the people who take time out of their few hours in Boston to stop and pay tribute, have a photo taken for the folks back home, and, in at least one instance, stand with tears in their eyes looking up at a former President of Argentina being honored in a foreign land.<\/p>\n

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