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Douglas in Worcester County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
 

Douglas Center Cemetery

 
 
Douglas Center Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 11, 2022
1. Douglas Center Cemetery Marker
Inscription.
Old Boston and Hartford Turnpike
Douglas Center
Cemetery
Erected in Memory of
Forty Six Soldiers
of the
American Revolution
who are buried here
They endured hardship and death
for freedom and independence
Erected by
Capt. Job Knapp Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1922

 
Erected 1922 by Capt. Job Knapp Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) series list.
 
Location. 42° 3.287′ N, 71° 44.305′ W. Memorial is in Douglas, Massachusetts, in Worcester County. It is on Main Street (Massachusetts Route 16) east of Common Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Douglas MA 01516, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Massachusetts’ Quiet Corner, in Greater Worcester, and in the Blackstone Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in North
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America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Joseph J. Michna Square (approx. 1½ miles away); Douglas Post Office (approx. 1.9 miles away); Douglas Civil War Monument (approx. 2 miles away); B-24 Liberator Crash Site (approx. 4.9 miles away); Corporal John M. Dawson (approx. 5.2 miles away); The Northbridge Contingent in the Nations Wars - 1939-1955 (approx. 5.4 miles away); Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 5.4 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 5.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Douglas.
 
Douglas Center Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 11, 2022
2. Douglas Center Cemetery Marker
Douglas Center Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 11, 2022
3. Douglas Center Cemetery
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 15, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 15, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 381 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on April 15, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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