Historical Markers and War Memorials in West Brookfield, Massachusetts
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West Brookfield is in Worcester County
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1818-1893
“Labor unceasingly until every woman will possess equal and full justice in all things.”
An early advocate and leader in the long struggle for Equal Rights, Lucy Stone was born in a farmhouse 0.3 mile from this point on . . . — — Map (db m107668) HM
Lucy Stone’s determined vision for girls’ and women’s equality was incubated in her home at this site. A young girl who resented her mother’s life of drudgery and no respect, Lucy helped with the housework and resolved to change the way women . . . — — Map (db m107669) HM
This road is the first mail route in North America, established in 1673 by King Charles II of England. In 1767, while Benjamin Franklin was Postmaster General, mileage was marked out with stone markers from Boston to New York City. — — Map (db m18561) HM
This Memorial
Is Erected in 1921, by the Town of’
West Brookfield
In Honor of the Civil, Spanish
and World War Veterans
1917 The World War 1919
Hugh A. Allen · John H. Anderson · George H. Anderson · Arthur H. Brigham · Ralph S. . . . — — Map (db m198957) WM
In Honor of the
Men and Women
of West Brookfield
Who Served
Their Country
Killed in Action
John E. Adams Jr. · Francis E. Coney · Robert A. Frew · Kevin M. Mcgovern · Arvid O. Silverberg Jr. — — Map (db m199209) WM
In Honor of the Men and Women of West Brookfield who Served Their Country and in Special Memory of Those Who Gave Their Lives
( bronze plaques )
World War II
John E. Adams★ · Everett S. Allen · George A. Allen · George G. Allen · . . . — — Map (db m199207) WM