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Boston Latin School: Where Five Founding Fathers Were Once Schoolboys
Before they signed the Declaration of Independence, they were boys learning Latin in Boston.
Founded in 1635, Boston Latin School educated Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and other students whose ideas would help shape America. Its classrooms also welcomed future architects, inventors, thinkers, and the composer behind West Side Story.
Every school desk holds an unwritten history. These students helped write ours.
References
Boston Latin School
Freedom Trail Foundation: Boston Latin School site
Boston Latin School history and alumni overview
Smithsonian Institution Archives…
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