Sandwich in Barnstable County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)

241st Coast Artillery

Battery C

Photographed By Bryan Simmons, July 2012

1. 241st Coast Artillery Marker

Inscription. A siren pierces the air! A German submarine is sighted! Soldiers scramble to their respective positions to defend the eastern entrance of the Cape Cod Canal from enemy attack.

This was only a drill. Enemy vessels were sighted along these shores, yet they never ventured within range of the guns of Sagamore Hill.

The field before you was the site of the 241st Coast Artillery Battery C encampment from late 1941 through WWII. At the end of the war the camp was disassembled and the field has now returned to a natural community.

Diagram of the camp.

Erected by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • War, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1941.

Location. 41° 46.786′ N, 70° 30.928′ W. Marker is in Sandwich, Massachusetts, in Barnstable County. Marker can be reached from Scusset Beach Road, on the left when traveling east. Location is off the main road follow the trail at the marker that says Sagamore Hill Historic area. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sagamore Beach MA 02562, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Ready Rooms (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Panama Mount (about 500 feet away); Changes Through Time

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(about 600 feet away); Sagamore Hill Trail (approx. 0.3 miles away); Tupper Family Homestead (approx. 0.8 miles away); Edmund Freeman Saddle & Pillion Burial Ground (approx. 0.9 miles away); Battle Of The Bulge (approx. 1.6 miles away); Sandwich Civil War Monument (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sandwich.

Photographed By Bryan Simmons, July 2012

2. 241st Coast Artillery Marker

At the end of the path you will come to the marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 11, 2012, by Bryan Simmons of Attleboro, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 820 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 11, 2012, by Bryan Simmons of Attleboro, Massachusetts. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.