The land of this park was bought in 1649 from the Massasoit Indians by Miles Standish and others as part of the Bridgewater Purchase and allotted to John Ames an original shareholder and settler
And here before the Revolutionary War, the . . . — — Map (db m209431) HM
In Honored Memory of
Deacon Samuel Edson
Bapt. Sept. 5, 1613
Fillongley, Warwickshire, England
An Original Proprieter of Bridgewater
he, with 56 Share Holders including
Miles Standish and "Goodman Alden"
bought the land Mar. 23, 1649 . . . — — Map (db m209435) HM
Near this spot was the Home of
John Cary
Born in Somersetshire England
He became in 1651 an Original Proprietor
And Honored Settler on this River.
The Clerk of the Plantation.
When the Town of Bridgewater was
Incorporated in 1656 he . . . — — Map (db m209439) HM
Erected
by the
Citizens of this Town
In Memory of
Her Sons Who Lost Their Lives
Defending the Government
During the
War of 1861-65
Let Us Have Peace
1879
Capt. John Ripley · Myron E. Alger · Timothy Callahan · Edgar E. . . . — — Map (db m209344) WM
1917 1918
In Memoriam
to the
Men of West Bridgewater
Who Gave Their Lives in
The World War
Robert H. Barker · Clarence C. Cowell · Ralph M. Cummings · Frank B. Edlund · Ernest J. Ferranti · Frederick T. Hobart · Isaac . . . — — Map (db m209433) WM
In Memoriam
to the Men of West Bridgewater
Who Gave Their Lives in the Service
Of Their Country
World War II
Claude M. Ferrini · Fred Ferrini · William Norris · Walter E. Litchfield, Jr. · Mileham R. Cook · Stuart W. Roberts · Edwin R. . . . — — Map (db m209437) WM
