The Latin school
America's first public school, attended by these founders
Ben Franklin, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock all attended the Latin School, located in Boston, MA. Puritan settlers built the first schoolhouse on this location in 1635, and a mosaic in the sidewalk commemorates the site of the school.
Among the other graduates listed at the school are philosopher and poet George Santayana, Class of 1882; political patri…
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