Dedicated to the
honor and sacrifice
of the Men and Women
from this community
who served our country
☆ ☆ ☆
Let none forget
they gave their all
and faltered not
when came the call
On this site in the plant of the North Adams Iron Company, founded 1846 and from 1858 to 1862 operated by John Adam Beckley, the ore was smelted for the plates used in building the Monitor, the famous antagonist of the Merrimac in the first combat…