Historical Marker
Wheelers Surprise
Historical marker location:
New Braintree, Massachusetts
( Marker is at the intersection of Barre Road (Massachusetts Route 67) and Daniel Whitney Road, on the right when traveling north on Barre Road.)
Marker installed: 1930
1630 1930.
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."