A siren pierces the air! A German submarine is sighted! Soldiers scramble to their respective positions to defend the eastern entrance of the Cape Cod Canal from enemy attack.
This was only a drill. Enemy vessels were sighted along these shores, . . . — — Map (db m57393) HM
In Memory
Dec. 16, 1944 - Jan. 25, 1945
Dedicated to those
men and women who
fought in the historic
World War II
Battle of the Bulge
in the Ardennes, Belgium
Cape Cod & Islands Chapter 58
Veterans Of The Battle Of . . . — — Map (db m140414) WM
The name Sagamore is defined as "Chief" of an Indian tribe. It was on Sagamore Hill that chiefs of the Wampanoag and Manomet Indians would hold tribal meetings. As you look out toward Cape Cod Bay, the land before you has undergone many changes . . . — — Map (db m57397) HM
Thomas Dexter began building gristmills on this site in 1637.
The mill you see here today started operating in about 1654.
The early settlers of Sandwich brought their corn to “The Grist Mill”
to be ground into meal, . . . — — Map (db m140436) HM
Edmond Freeman Born in England 1590 Died in Sandwich 1682 A Founder of the Town of Sandwich in 1637 Assistant to Governor Bradford 1640 - 1647 — — Map (db m120748) HM
First Church of Christ
A congregational chapel was first built on this site in 1813 and replaced in 1847 with this lovely Greek revival with a spire said to be reminiscent of the London spires designed by Christopher Wren. It is one of . . . — — Map (db m234497) HM
In memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice while serving our country upon the sea and now rest beneath the waves
Dedicated A.D. 1968
By the People of Sandwich — — Map (db m234498) WM
1917 - 1919
In Memoriam
Of
Our Fallen Heroes
In
The World War
“They Are In Some Special Sense
Soldiers Of Freedom”
Alden Clark
Michael S. Haddad
Erected by the citizens of Sandwich
November . . . — — Map (db m140439) WM
The 241st Coastal Artillery Battery C used this Panama Gun Mount as a firing base. At the onset of World War II, the United States Army positioned 155 MM Field Artillery pieces at critical coastal locations. The defense of the easterly entrance to . . . — — Map (db m57396) HM
Before you are "Ready Rooms". A series off underground tunnels connected the plotting rooms and ammunition storage rooms behind the hill to the observation and battery command station atop the hill. Side tunnels allowed movement of ammunition to the . . . — — Map (db m57395) HM
By looking at the present landscape, one can see into the past. Sagamore Hill is rich in cultural and natural history. What was once a Indian Council gathering place later became a World War II Coastal Military Installation. The land is now a . . . — — Map (db m57307) HM
Presented By William Eaton
To His Native Town Of
Sandwich Mass.
As A Memorial To His Father
James R. Eaton
May 30, 1911
Erected In Memory Of The
Soldiers And Sailors
From This Town,
Brave Defenders Of The Union
And . . . — — Map (db m140412) WM
Sandwich Town Hall
Built in 1834, this columned Greek Revival, continues to serve as the seat of town government and is one of the oldest town halls in New England. In 2009, the building was beautifully and accurately restored and received . . . — — Map (db m140508) HM
The first private school
of higher learning
in Barnstable County
Incorporated by the State Legislature
Feb. 21, 1804
Placed by the Sandwich Historical Society 1971 — — Map (db m234496) HM
