The Volunteer

Historical marker location:

Marlborough, Massachusetts

( Memorial is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 20) and Mechanic Street / Granger Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1924

City of Marlborough Spanish-American War Monument. 1898 - 1902.

In 1837, Harvard University held a "prostitute parade" where students marched through Boston with prostitutes to protest a law that would have made it illegal to hire women for "immoral purposes."