The Freedom Trail Foundation website says the statue marks the location of the original Boston Latin School, where Franklin was a student. It's the oldest public school in the nation.

BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 29 ... which was a portion of the programme of the dedication of the statue of Leif Erikson, the Icelandic explorer, who is believed by many to have discovered this continent.

The statue of Benjamin Franklin, who studied at but dropped out of the Boston Latin School, marks the original location of the school along the Freedom Trail. And Richard and Hagar may not have been ...