Historical Markers and War Memorials in New Braintree, Massachusetts
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New Braintree is in Worcester County
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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