Auctioneer Gordon Reid gathered sixty-seven dealers on this farmland, aptly called “Auction Acres”. He launched the “Greatest Antique Show Under the Sun” envisioning Brimfield as the antiques center of the nation, and during his lifetime, the dream . . . — — Map (db m260042) HM
Dedicated to the men and women of Brimfield
who left their homes to serve a free nation.
May God help us preserve
the memory of their sacrifice.
Erected by the Town
1999
World War II
1941 - 1946
Arnold, H.R. • Arnold, K.F. • . . . — — Map (db m260078) WM
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was created by president Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression to provide employment opportunities and to improve the country’s forest and recreation resources.
Administration and logistics were the . . . — — Map (db m106408) HM
These of the Hitchcock Free Academy served
their country in the Great War
Died in Service
Mason M. Howlett • Charles Saltzman • Charles M. Streeter
[Honor Roll of Veterans]
Harold L. Andrews • Charles E. Baxter • Ralph H. . . . — — Map (db m118911) WM
Two miles distant on Indian Hill is the site of an Indian stronghold and storehouse for corn, Quaboag Old Fort, and of the Indian village of Ashquoach. — — Map (db m48776) HM
Four miles distant on the summit of East Waddaquodduck Mountain is Steerage Rock, a landmark on the Indian trail which became known as the Bay Path and a guidepost to the pioneer settlers of the Connecticut Valley from
Massachusetts Bay in 1636. — — Map (db m88553) HM
Nestled between the Quinebaug and Quaboag Rivers and adorned by two natural bodies of water – Little Alum and Sherman Pond – the Brimfield area … was widely used by Native American prior to European contact. Their network of trails, beginning . . . — — Map (db m260087) HM
