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Road projects in two centuries endangered the "communitie's meeting place."
Despite the Training Field's historical importance, road projects in the 19th and 20th centuries threatened to destroy what was once called the "communit…
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Training fields were a familiar sight in early New England in an era of constant alert.
American colonist formed militias for protection and trained in open fields also known as commons. Charlestown Training Field dates from the 1640s after the…
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Charlestown Veterans Memorial Park
Dedicated in honor of the men and women from Charlestown who served in the Armed Forces during the Korean and Vietnam Wars and in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice.
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Launched in 1797, USS Constitution set sail the next year on the world's oceans to protect American commerce. Her victories soon earned her a permanent place in United States naval history.
On August 19, 1812, USS Constitution took on the Briti…
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USS Constitution first entered Dry Dock 1 in 1833. Though she was the first ship to test the new dry dock system, the tough oak hull of "Old Ironsides" had already seen several repairs.
To rebuild the ship, woodworkers selected the best wood fo…
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Since 1981, millions of visitors have walked the decks of USS CASSIN YOUNG, experiencing her history and heroics. Now they have the opportunity to see a new side of this "greyhound of the sea" - what lies below the waterline.
Boasting 5-inch gu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16IM_gate-one-charlestown-navy-yard_Boston-MA.html
The Charlestown Navy Yard served the nation for 174 years as a base of the building, outfitting, repair, and modernization of ships. During World War II, the yard's busiest years, almost 50,000 men and women worked here, around the clock, seven da…
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Native American Settlement Native American occupation of the Charlestown peninsula predates European settlements by approximately 10,000 years. Archaeological evidence, such as tools made of stone, bone, wood, and shells, suggests the early Native…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14WY_great-house_Boston-MA.html
History and ArchaeologyIn the 1900s, as part of the major highway reconstruction project that built the tunnels beneath this park, a team of archaeologists studied City Square and its history.The investigators researched historic documents and con…
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This 1790s Georgian residence was built for Deacon John Larkin, a patriot best remembered for his role in Paul Revere's legendary midnight ride. It was Larkin's horse that carried Revere out to Lexington and Concord to warn the Committee of Safety…