Historical Marker
Southbridge Veterans Monument
Historical marker location:
Southbridge, Massachusetts
( Memorial is at the intersection of Main Street (Massachusetts Route 131) and Walnut Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.)
Marker installed: 1976
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."