Historical Markers and War Memorials in Barre, Massachusetts
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Barre is in Worcester County
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On Barre Road at School Street, on the right when traveling north on Barre Road.
Erected by
The Town.
1866.
Gettysburg · Newbern · Port Hudson · Antietam
( south side )
Barre Roll of Honor
in the
War of the States
1861 — 1865
Alex Abbo · ★Emery Adams · Joel Adams · John Adams · Lyman Adams · . . . — — Map (db m198432) WM
On Exchange Street at Mechanic Street, on the right when traveling north on Exchange Street.
Site of
Barre State Normal School
Sept. 4 1839 Nov. 1841
Re-established at Westfield Sept. 4 1844
Presented By
Westfield State Teachers College Alumni Assoc.
Sept. 9 1939 — — Map (db m198485) HM
On Barre Road at School Street, on the right when traveling north on Barre Road.
In Service of Their Country
World War II
1941 1945
Korean Conflict 1950 1953
★Brown Martin V. · ★Celona Salvatore J. · ★Corso Americo · ★Dahart Howard W. k · ★Harty William M. · . . . — — Map (db m198490) WM
On Barre Road at School Street, on the right when traveling north on Barre Road.
World War Honor Roll
1914 — 1918
Barre, Massachusetts
Died in Service
★Frederick Addy · ★Joseph Bentley · ★Edwin Bowen · ★J. Alexander Brown · ★Robert J. Clapp · ★John Cranston · ★Salvatore Dannolfi · . . . — — Map (db m198488) WM
Near Barre Road at School Street, on the right when traveling north.
In Honor of
Captain
Ella Elvira Gibson
of Barre Massachusetts
1821 - 1901
Chaplain
Grand Army of The Republic
1864 - 1865
First female U.S. Army Chaplain and the
only female officer to serve on either
side during the War Between . . . — — Map (db m198426) WM
On Barre Road at School Street, on the right when traveling north on Barre Road.
The James R. Brown Memorial
to the
G.A.R. Comrades and the Town of Barre
( opposite side )
Erected by his sister
Sara G. Brown
1909 — — Map (db m198427) WM
On Wheelwright Road (Massachusetts Route 32) at N Brookfield Road (Massachusetts Route 67), on the right when traveling west on Wheelwright Road.
In Memory
of
Staff/Sgt. Thomas W. Power
U.S.A. Air Corp.
1918 — 1942
Reported Missing In Action
Feb. 1st. 1942
Philippine Island — Manila — — Map (db m198494) WM
On Worcester Road (Massachusetts Route 122) 0.6 miles east of Vernon Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
White Brothers Cotton Mill stood nearby, surrounded by buildings of a typical mill village. It was razed in 1936 to protect the metropolitan water supply. — — Map (db m198424) HM