"Mary Had a Little Lamb"
Statue front:
Born in Sterling, Mass.
Mary Elizabeth Sawyer
1806-1889
and her little lamb
Long side of the base:
“Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go.”
. . . John Roulstone
Below lamb’s hindquarters:
This memorial, commemorating the poem, “Mary had a little lamb”, was presented to the Town of Sterling by the Sterling Historical Society. It was made possible by donations from the “young-in-heart” everywhere.
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Dedicated May, 1991
Marker is on Main Street (Massachusetts Route 62), on the left when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
