- Collectible: Required Reading: Grognak the Barbarian
- Danger: Radiation (Mild)!
- Faction: Super Mutant
- Quest Visit: Road to Freedom (the Railroad)
Established in 1634, Boston Common started as a communal grazing ground for cattle before it was made a public park (the oldest in the country). In the year before the Revolutionary War, a thousand Redcoats camped on the Common. The Redcoat brigades that marched on Lexington and Concord departed from this very ground.
Park Street Station is accessed to the northeast of this common. This is also the start of the Freedom Trail. On the east side, at the Protectron tour bot and fountain, the number “7” is daubed on the circular ground plaque pointing at the letter “A.” Follow the red stripe along the ground from here to continue the specified quest.
There are numerous signs warning of the dangers of Swan’s Pond. Aside from a Railroad warning and numerous verbal graffiti warnings, look for:
- A torn note on Kath’s body, on the northeast side of the pond.
- A torn letter on Mikail’s body, by the southeast entrance to the Commons.
- A Fugitives’ Holotape clutched in the skeletal hand by the statue plinth, on the west side of the pond.