Historical Markers and War Memorials in Bernardston, Massachusetts

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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Bernardston, Massachusetts

1 ► Massachusetts, Franklin County, Bernardston — Bernardston Veterans Monument —

Dedicated To The Bernardston Men And Women Who Have Served Their Country Honorably (left panel) French and Indian Wars 1744-55 Alger, Waitstill • Wells, Joshua • Bolton, John • Smith, Noah • Chapin, Hezekiah • Sheldon, Elijah . . . — — Map (db m98189) WM

2 ► Massachusetts, Franklin County, Bernardston — Burke Fort — 1630 - 1930 —

Six rods easterly stood Burke Fort the first and largest, and also the first building in Fall Town. Built in 1738/39 by John Burke it was six rods square and contained eight houses. Fifty persons took shelter here during the old French and Indian . . . — — Map (db m48254) HM

3 ► Massachusetts, Franklin County, Bernardston — Connable Fort — 1630 - 1930 —

Site of the second fort and building in Fall Town, erected in 1739 by Samuel Connable. Its original timbers are still in the house on a knoll to the northwest. — — Map (db m48774) HM

4 ► Massachusetts, Franklin County, Bernardston — Deacon Ebenezer Sheldon's Fort — 1630 - 1930 —

The Lieutenant's son Ebenezer, later deacon of the church and first town treasurer, built a fort ten rods east of here in 1740/41. It was unsuccessfully attacked by Indians in 1746 during King George's War. — — Map (db m48777) HM

5 ► Massachusetts, Franklin County, Bernardston — Lieut. Ebenezer Sheldon's Fort — 1630 - 1930 —

Built in 1740 on this site. The first Proprietor's Meeting in Fall Town was held here in 1741. The Lieutenant's son Eliakim was shot by Indians in 1747 while working west of the fort walls. — — Map (db m48011) HM

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