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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Worcester County
Worcester is the county seat for Worcester County
Adjacent to Worcester County, Massachusetts
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Agriculture in North Central Massachusetts is deeply rooted in our history. That heritage is perhaps best symbolized with our connection to apples and an icon of American folk history - Johnny Appleseed, who was born in Leominster in 1774. In . . . — — Map (db m220702) HM
This giant red apple structure, which stands at 10 feet tall, is the largest apple sculpture of its kind in all of New England. It is large enough to hold an estimated 20,639 apples inside. The sculpture. was officially unveiled on Wednesday, July . . . — — Map (db m220701) HM
This is a descendant of the last surviving Rambo apple tree planted in Nova, Ohio, around 1840 by John Chapman (better known a Johnny Appleseed). John Chapman, born in Leominster, Massachusetts, on September 26, 1774, had a plan for the . . . — — Map (db m220703) HM
The Plantation of Nasheway embracing this and several adjoining towns was granted to a group of "Undertakers" in search of iron deposits, in 1644. John Prescott the first settler made a success of frontier farming under great difficulties. — — Map (db m48798) HM
Before the building of the center bridge road in 1800, the road from the center to the old common continued south from this point across the Neck Bridge, which was located 60 rods below the present center bridge. It is shown on the 1794 map as 173 . . . — — Map (db m137850) HM
Rowlandson rock is the site where captives such as Mary Rowlandson, her son, and others from Lancaster, spent their first night. The Indians holding them captive had just raided and burnt the Rowlandson Garrison and all of the buildings in town.
. . . — — Map (db m33566) HM
On the crest of George Hill, near by, is situated Rowlandson Rock where the captives from the Rowlandson garrison house passed their first night after the burning of Lancaster by the Indians February 10, 1675–76. — — Map (db m48799) HM
Named for the Sawyers who owned mills here in the 18th century and the Carters who owned saw, grist and fulling mills here in the early to mid-19th century. — — Map (db m138828) HM
In the field nearby was situated the garrison house of the Rev. Joseph Rowlandson first ordained minister of Lancaster. During his absence on February 10, 1675-76 this garrison house was attacked and destroyed by the Indians. The inhabitants were . . . — — Map (db m32253) HM
Nearby was the largest elm in New England, one of the many huge elms for which Lancaster was famous during the 18th and 19th centuries, located beside the Nashua on an old road called Lover’s Lane. Measurements in 1888: circumference at 5 ft. above . . . — — Map (db m31819) HM
The Folk Legend Started Right Here in North Central Massachusetts The popular image of Folk Legend Johnny Appleseed that comes to mind is of an eccentric fellow dressed in rag-tag clothes with a stewpot for a hat who spread apple seeds randomly . . . — — Map (db m220704) HM
Nearby as early as 1814 stood the Wickapickit Mill by 1870 it was the Phelps Saw and Grist Mill many bridges were built here in 18th and 19th centuries as this was the early mail road to Brattleborough but spring floods often took the bridges away — — Map (db m133363) HM
Through this place passed General Henry Knox in the winter of 1775 – 1776 to deliver to General George Washington at Cambridge the train of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga used to force the British Army to evacuate Boston. Erected by the . . . — — Map (db m17929) HM
In Memory of the Minute Men
and Standing Company Who Marched From
This Spot on the Alarm of April 19, 1775
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Denny
Minute Men
Seth Washburn, Capt. · William Watson, 1st Lieut. · Nathaniel Harwood, 2nd Lieut. · . . . — — Map (db m236530) WM
Dedicated to our fallen Warhorse Soldiers on 9 February 2009 Lieutenant Colonel Garnet R. Derby Sergeant Joshua A. Ward Private First Class Jonathan R. Roberge Private First Class Albert R. Jex Translator Jevan Ali Othman "You Will Never Be . . . — — Map (db m229177) WM
1775-1783 In memory of the men of Leominster who endured hardship and battle in the war of the American Revolution This tablet is erected by Captain John Joslin Jr. Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1910 — — Map (db m221580) WM
Jonathan "Johnny Ro" Roberge, a Leominster native was killed in action in Mosul, Iraq, on February 9, 2009. He served in the United States Army, and he was a tank driver. There were three men killed with him that day, Pfc. Albert Jex, Lt. Col. . . . — — Map (db m229173) HM
This memorial is dedicated
to honoring the memory of
all Leominster soldiers
who served with courage
for freedom and justice.
We must we can and will be free — — Map (db m135506) WM
in Leominster built 1775 taken down July 4, 1824 rebuilt for first town house This tablet presented to the town of Leominster by the Leominster Historical Society on the 175th anniversary incorporation Leominster 1915 — — Map (db m138081) HM
Jolin Chapman, better known as "Johnny Appleseed", was born in Leominster to parents Elizabeth and Nathanial
Chapman on September 26, 1774. They lived on what is now Johnny Appleseed Lane, very near this site.
Nathanial Chapman responded to the . . . — — Map (db m220707) HM
Here on February 16, 1851, Jonathan and Frances Drake participated in the rescue of the fugitive slave Shadrach Minkins. The case attracted national attention and the rebuke of President Millard Fillmore. Undeterred, abolitionists like the Drakes . . . — — Map (db m101543) HM
Town Pound
1816
Leominster has had an animal pound
since 1749
and at this site since 1816.
Stray animals were restrained here
until the owners claimed them
and paid their fine. — — Map (db m142183) HM
12-05-01 - 05-31-06 Sfc Daniel Hpetithory • Spc Matthew G. Boule • Cwo Erik A. Halvorsen • Capt. Benjamin W Sammis • Spc. Danel F. Cunningham • 1St Lt. Brian M. Mcphillips • Capt. Seth R. Michaud • Lcpl Gregory E. MacDonald • Sgt. Justin W. Garvey . . . — — Map (db m232838) WM
Here stood Mendon's first meetinghouse, built in 1668 and destroyed by Indians in 1676. Joseph Emerson, the minister, was an ancestor of Ralph Waldo Emerson. — — Map (db m48762) HM
In memory of the honored founders of Mendon 'the old mother town.' Settled 1663. Incorporated 1667. Eight towns are now located on her original territory. Near this spot Mendon's first three meeting houses were built."
Founders 1668: . . . — — Map (db m91558) HM
Mother Mendon
Mendon began as an eight-mile square tract purchased for twenty-four pounds from several Native American tribes in 1662. In 1663, fifteen families, mostly from Braintree and Weymouth, undertook the arduous task of creating this new . . . — — Map (db m195663) HM
Built in 1840, this Greek Revival Style three-story building named in honor of President William Henry Harrison was constructed in partnership between the townspeople and Gentleman Farmer Silas Dudley who donated the land and design for the . . . — — Map (db m195701) HM
Who fought in the French-Indian Wars 1755 - 1763 and its Minute Men who responded so quickly to the Lexington Alarm April 19, 1775 and its Revolutionary Soldiers who did their part in winning the war that gave us our freedom and independence 1775 - . . . — — Map (db m63959) HM
The Roll of Martyrs
Presented by
Austin Wood
John B. Rockwood Died at Newbern N.C. Nov. 24, 1863.
Patrick Wallace Died at Newbern N.C. Oct. 24, 1862.
Martin S. Howe Died at Morris Island S.C. Nov. 23, 1863.
Robert . . . — — Map (db m195655) WM
Mendon Historical Society
1896 - 1996
Dedicated to the Collection and Curatorship
of Historic Data and Artifacts Relating to
"Mothertown" Mendon and Daughters
May 18, 1996 — — Map (db m195664) HM
In Honor of those of Mendon who Served in
Korean Era Vietnam Era
( left plaque )
Barnes Daniel N. · Butler William W. · Carmody James · Closson Alfred · Coburn Donald E. · Cram Habner O. · Delana Rudolph L. · Devoll Robert B. · . . . — — Map (db m195696) WM
Mendon
In Honor of Those Who Served in
1917 The World War 1919
George M. Aldrich · George M. Barrows · Harold C. Barrows · Leslie M. Burr · Edmund Cedarholm · Albert S. Coleman · Moses M. Coleman · Albert I. Cromb · John J. Curley · William . . . — — Map (db m195698) HM
In Honor of Those Who Served in
1941 World War II 1945
Allegrezza, Aldo O. · Allegrezza, Nello A. · Anthony, Lewis L. · Barrows, Harold C., Jr. · Bell, Robert E. · ★Bessette, Raymond · Beyer, Edward D. · Blanchard, Alphonse · Bonetta, . . . — — Map (db m195699) WM
Mendon’s First Meeting House
— Built 1668 —
Destroyed by King Philip’s warriors
at the burning of the town in 1676
Rev. Joseph Emerson — its only minister
ancestor of Ralph Waldo Emerson
this tablet erected in the name of
the Mendon . . . — — Map (db m195660) HM
has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Original building (Town House) 1853/54
Thomas Silloway, Architect
Rear Addition (District . . . — — Map (db m198132) HM
First Burial Ground in Millville
is owned by the Chestnut Street Meeting House
Most markers have disappeared through the
ravages of weather and time.
Few names of our first settlers buried here are known,
however, The memory of their . . . — — Map (db m192543) HM
Longfellow School
1850
Has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Millville Historical
Commission — — Map (db m192459) HM
Main Street, once lined with stately elm trees, was drastically changed in the 1930s when the Elm Blight decimated hundreds of trees across the state. The tree-lined image of Millville was lost.
The south side, along the railroad, was once . . . — — Map (db m192456) HM
Standing at this point the visitor will view the sites of mills dating from 1727 through 1977, when the last mill was lost to fire. The Island in the Blackstone River was the site of the earliest mills in 1727. Here the first bridge crossing . . . — — Map (db m192461) HM
In Memory of
Veterans
Of All Wars
Town of
Millville
( back )
World War I
World War II
Korean Conflict
Vietnam
Desert storm
Iraq
Afghanistan — — Map (db m192458) WM
In 1916 the Village of Millville seperated from Blackstone and was incorporated as the Town of Millville. The new town successfully faced the challenge of self-governing itself for just a few years. Following the Great Depression of 1929 . . . — — Map (db m192539) HM
Samuel Thompson’s Gristmill Stone 1727
Discovered in the Year 1937
by
A. Frederick Anderson
Town Antiquary
Presented to Longfellow School
by
Robert A. Mcglaughlin
Agent
Milleville Municipal Finance Commission
( small plaque . . . — — Map (db m192463) HM
The Raceway crosses under Central Street on the southerly side of the Longfellow Municipal Center. The water moved through it from a west-to-east direction from the Blackstone River and discharged back into the river on its northeast bank. . . . — — Map (db m192540) HM
The tower is nine-feet four inches in diameter and approximately thirty feet high, with walls at the base twenty inches thick. It is constructed of fairly thin stones which appear to be the same or similar to the material in the bedrock on which it . . . — — Map (db m192460) HM
On February 3, 1787 on the field across the road, 23 New Braintree farmers joined Daniel Shays' rebels in an armed confrontation with the state militia. New Braintree was central to the larger rebellion of unpaid but heavily taxed revolutionary . . . — — Map (db m198522) HM
Temperance House -1837- and
the New Braintree Cheese
Manufacturing Co. -1865- stood
adjacent until both were destroyed
by fire in 1880. The town hall
now occupies the rebuilt
cheese factory.
Erected by the youth
of New Braintree . . . — — Map (db m198524) HM
One mile to the southwest, off the North Brookfield Road, Edward Hutchinson’s company seeking a parley with the Nipmucs was ambushed by Indians August 2, 1675, and more than half were slain. Captain Hutchinson died from his wounds. Captain Thomas . . . — — Map (db m48786) HM
Erected
by the Town of
North Brookfield
In Honor of Her
Soldiers who Lost Their
Lives in Defense
of the Country
Against Rebellion
1861 – 65
1869
( south side )
James P. Coolidge · George S. Prouty · Lyman H. Gilbert · . . . — — Map (db m198663) WM
Korean Conflict Vietnam Era
North Brookfield Remembers Those Who Served
Korea
1950 1955
In Memoriam – Flamand, Paul H. · Letendre, Roger N.
Bartolo, Anthony J., Sr. · Bartolo Stanley H. · Balcom, Francis E. · Balcom Ernest G. · . . . — — Map (db m198554) WM
Dedicated to the Citizens of
The Town of North Brookfield
Who Devoted Themselves to the Cause of Freedom
And Served Their Country in the World War
Allaire Arthur F. · Allen Lawrence · Balcomb Charles M. · Barnes Charles F. · Barrett . . . — — Map (db m198555) WM
1941 1945
Forever Honored Forever Mourned
Dedicated to the Citizens of North Brookfield
Who Devoted Themselves to the Cause of Freedom
And Served Their Country in World War II
In Memoriam
Edward J. Crevier · Homer F. Forbush Jr. · . . . — — Map (db m198651) WM
Operation Desert Storm
Sally Aho · Matthew Berry · Thomas Bishop · Brien Brown · Daryl Brown · Bruce Coskie · Richard Dupre Jr. · William Emerson Jr. · James Avila, Jr. · Jonathan E. Brown · Thomas J. Comptois · Ryan Coughlin · Bruce P. Cummings · . . . — — Map (db m198653) WM
One mile westward Clara Barton, "the angel of the battlefield," was born in 1821. A volunteer nurse in the Civil War, she served the International Red Cross in the Franco-Prussian War, founded the American Red Cross and served as its president for . . . — — Map (db m48042) HM
Through this place passed General Henry Knox in the winter of 1775 – 1776 to deliver to General George Washington at Cambridge the train of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga used to force the British Army to evacuate Boston. Erected by the . . . — — Map (db m17938) HM
Mary Goodnow who lived here with her parents was lame and unable to run to the garrison house for safety when the Indians attacked Northborough, August 18, 1707. A short path leads through the woods to her grave near the place where she fell. — — Map (db m48796) HM
Up this road on Mayo's Hill, are the remains of a bastioned fort built by Huguenots driven from France by the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Their prosperous settlement was interrupted by Indian attacks in 1696, and finally abandoned in 1704. — — Map (db m48787) HM
From this ford branched trails to Woodstock, Brookfield and Sturbridge. This way ran the Post Route established in 1672 "to goe monthly" from New York to Boston. Here, June 5, 1676, Major Talcott's Connecticut troops passed to join the final . . . — — Map (db m48784) HM
John Johnson and three children were killed by Indians in his house on this spot August 25, 1696. His wife was saved by her brother. — — Map (db m48785) HM
In this town on Sunday morning February Fourth 1787 Daniel Shays and one hundred and fifty of his followers in rebellion against the Commonwealth were surprised and routed by General Benjamin Lincoln in command of the Army of Massachusetts after a . . . — — Map (db m224262) HM
Upon the rock fifty feet west of this spot Mary Rowlandson, wife of the first minister of Lancaster, was redeemed from captivity under King Philip. The narrative of her experience is one of the classics of colonial literature. — — Map (db m48794) HM
Upon this rock May 2nd 1676 was made the agreement for the ransom of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson of Lancaster between the Indians and John Hoar of Concord. King Philip was with the Indians but refused his consent. — — Map (db m32257) HM
Samuel Woods held Princeton's first school in his home in 1764. Bullock's Stand, Richardson's Tavern, a blacksmith, wheel wright and shoe factory were established by 1830. The Methodist Church was built in 1840 and the village became known as . . . — — Map (db m135271) HM
Here
from 1781 to 1788
dwelt
General Rufus Putnam
Soldier of the Old French War
Engineer of the Works
which compelled the British Army
to evacuate Boston
and of the Fortifications of
West Point
Founder and Father
of Ohio. . . . — — Map (db m198409) HM
Indian corn stone from the
George Davis farm in North Rutland
and later used as a watering
trough near the
old school house there.
Rutland Historical Society — — Map (db m198411) HM
Antietam
Wilderness
Kingston
Whitehall
Roanoke
Goldsboro
Newbern
Vicksburg
Erected 1879.
( south face )
Lyman A. Baker Co. B. 51 Regt. · Charles R. Bartlett Co. B. 51 Regt. · George F. Bartlett Co. D. 25 Regt. · . . . — — Map (db m198412) WM
( west side )
“In Honor of
The Sons and Daughters of Rutland
Who Served Their Country Well”
World War II
( 212 names are listed )( east side )
“In Honor of
The Sons and Daughters of Rutland
Who Served Their . . . — — Map (db m199548) WM
Erected by the
Town of Rutland, Mass.
In Loving Memory of Her
Sons who Died and in
Honor of Those who Served in
1917 The World War 1918
Herbert F. Watson Killed in Action · Avery W. Putnam Died in Service
Raemmanto Agustino . . . — — Map (db m198416) WM
Original tree planted in April 1930 on the 300th Anniversary of the formation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony bbn
Present tree planted in September 2011 to continue the history and is decorated each year during the holiday season to honor loved . . . — — Map (db m198413) HM
Through this place passed General Henry Knox in the winter of 1775 – 1776 to deliver to General George Washington at Cambridge the train of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga used to force the British Army to evacuate Boston. Erected by the . . . — — Map (db m17933) HM
One hundred and twenty-eight minute-men from Shrewsbury responded to the Lexington alarm April 19, 1775. --------------------------- First Precinct Company – 65 men Job Cushing – Captain Asa Rice 1st Lieut ----------- Abner Miles 2nd . . . — — Map (db m18579) HM
The Electronic Carillon playing hymns from this tower
is given in honor of the
150th Anniversary of St. Mark's Church
by
The Parishioners of 2012
as a gift to the Church and to the community of Southborough
Blessed and Dedicated . . . — — Map (db m122545) HM
Dedicated in Honor of Southborough's
American Revolutionary War Veterans
1775 - 1783
With Eternal Gratitude to Those Who
Made the Supreme Sacrifice
Major Josiah Fay (d. August 8, 1776)
Private Jesse Amsden (d. March 3, 1778)
Private . . . — — Map (db m122593) WM
In Memoriam
Our Country's Defenders
Rebellion 1861.
W. E. Buck • P. H. Cleary • O. Edwards
H. L. Fay • E. A. Frederick • C. F. Fisher
T. A. Gould • J. Haggarty • P. Kilgariff
M. J. Burditt • R. Mulstee • G. W. Nichols
A. G. Parker • . . . — — Map (db m122538) WM
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The three bells in this tower are named by
Alison Ledger Fraser
in honor of
Eliza, Waldo and Edward Fay
Each of whom was Headmaster of Fay School and
each devoted over thirty years of faithful service
to the School and to St. . . . — — Map (db m122542) HM
Through this place passed General Henry Knox in the winter of 1775 – 1776 to deliver to General George Washington at Cambridge the train of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga used to force the British Army to evacuate Boston. Erected by the . . . — — Map (db m17941) HM
This stone commemorates
the life and good works
of
Joseph Burnett
of
Southborough
Born November 11, 1820
Died August 11, 1894.
Founder and builder of this church
Founder of St. Mark's School
Devoted and honoured citizen . . . — — Map (db m122541) HM
This tablet was erected in 1995
in memory of the members of
the early generations of the town
who were buried here
in graves marked and unmarked
between 1727 and 1895 — — Map (db m122594) HM
In memory of
the Revd Nathan Stone,
first Pastor of the Chh. of Christ in
Southborough.
He was born in Harwich Feb. 18, 1708,
graduated at Harvard College 1726.
Ordained to the work of the ministry
in this place Oct. 21, . . . — — Map (db m122595) HM
Tribute to Veterans
of
All Wars
☆ ☆ ☆
Supreme Sacrifice
W. W. I
L. L. Bagley
W. W. II
C. H. Davis • H. E. Fay • R. O. Gould
F. C. Harris • L. C. Hunt • J. P. Janiak
J. G. MacNeill • R. L. Renaud
H. G. . . . — — Map (db m122588) WM
Captured World War I German Howitzer 155 mm
Donated in 1919 by
American Legion Post 132
Restored 1991
In memory of
All World War I Veterans
Southborough, Massachusetts — — Map (db m122539) WM
Felix Gatineau
Born In Canada, November 12, 1857
Settled In Southbridge In 1877
Died December 31, 1927
While ever retaining his affection
for the land of his birth, he achieved
the highest type of citizenship in
his adopted country. . . . — — Map (db m197770) HM
Huge piles of fill, deep rock cuts, and towering abutments are all that remains of the never-completed Southern New England Railroad (SNE).
The line was owned by Grand Trunk Railroad (GTR). a Canadian company, and stretched from Palmer, . . . — — Map (db m105864) HM
General George Washington
– Memorial –
1732 Southbridge 1932
( back )
Erected on the
157th anniversary
US Postal Service – July 26, 1932 — — Map (db m195512) HM
Dedicated August 15, 2010, in memory of the seven Servant brothers
who faithfully and honorably served their Country during WWII.
Town of Southbridge-Southbridge Veterans Council
Albert L. USA · Clovis E. USA · Gerard A. USA
Leon A. USA · . . . — — Map (db m122610) WM
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