Symbols of New England

The stone wall at the farm in Derry, N.H., where Robert Frost lived with his family in 1901-1911. He described the wall in his famous and complex poem "Mending Wall".

Stone wall in Maine

From the New England Historical Society:

“New England stone walls are as distinctive a feature of the landscape as bayous in Louisiana or redwoods in California. Hundreds of thousands of miles of them criss-cross the region like so much grillwork.’

Hit this link to read the article “Seven Fun Facts About New England’s Stone Walls.

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