Boston Bronze and Stone Speak To Us: Another Exciting Boston Bronze and Stone Talk With Both Students and Teachers at The Lexington, MA Diamond Middle School

Sunday, June 12, 2016

Another Exciting Boston Bronze and Stone Talk With Both Students and Teachers at The Lexington, MA Diamond Middle School

Always a pleasure to have lunch and give a talk to the students and staff at Diamond Middle School in Lexington, MA about Boston's Monuments. My yearly talk consists of a brief explanation of the many dozens of Boston's Monuments created and erected for all of us to learn about our great leaders past and present. My talk prepares these students for their yearly field trip adventure into Boston. When the Diamond School students find and discover these historical artistic works on the streets of Boston, it is both a fun and educational experience for all.

Healthy Lunch Prepared by Ms Diane Gallagher Teacher

Yes, 80 Attentive, Inquisitive and Well Behaved Seventh Graders

My presentation and the interactive educational activities provided by the school staff, that follows my talk, reinforces these students excitement, interest and involvement about further learning of Boston's leaders, Boston's 500 year history and Boston's art and artists.

The love of learning between student and teacher is the highest of all the loves. Teaching students to learn for themselves is of the highest order as both Socrates and Plato have always said us.

Thank you for inviting me once again!

Joe Gallo

Author of "Boston Bronze and Stone Speak To Us"

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About The Author

Joseph R. Gallo Jr. is not a historian nor a sculptor. He is a student and great appreciator of both academic fields. Trained as an educator and being an entrepreneur, he felt a need to reach out to the thousands of visitors who come to our historical city teaching them through this guidebook the purpose and reason why such beautiful works of art embellish our fair City of Boston. Compiling updated photos and historical text for the resurrection of a much needed simple-to-use guidebook Boston Bronze and Stone Speaks To Us was time consuming, but fulfilling. The purpose and meaning of these monuments is made more lucid with the structuring of this new book.

About the Book

Boston Bronze & Stone Speak To Us is a unique and beautiful book that combines art, history, and walking guides for the public sculpture found in eighteen Boston locales. Written by Joseph R. Gallo, Jr., who states that he is not an historian but a lover of the City of Boston, the book combines his original photographs and observations with well-referenced sources and maps for a complete experience of enjoying Boston sculpture. With hundreds of full-color photographs in all, each chapter offers a map of that area with stars and page numbers marking each work discussed. The chapters include the Boston Common, the State House inside and out, Beacon Hill and Louisburg Square, the Boston Public Gardens, the Esplanade and Hatch Shell, the Fenway, Chinatown and the Theater District, Copley Square, Park Square, the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, School Street and the Old City hall, King's Chapel, Downtown and the Financial District, Government Center, Quincy Marketplace and Faneuil Hall, the North End, and the Waterfront. The book also includes and Index of Monuments and an Index of the Sculptors. Boston is home to some of the most extraordinary public art in North America. Sculptors of public art include Daniel Chester French, Katherine Lane Weems, August Saint-Gaudens and George Aarons. This lovingly produced book introduces readers to the artists, the subjects of their work, and the accessibility of exceptional art all within the city of Boston.