Another Historic Minute, Monthly Tales of Our Town

To celebrate West Newbury’s Bicentennial, the Historical Commission is highlighting the Town’s history, often with one historical marker each month. This month’s marker, which is located at 494-506 Main Street, identifies West Newbury’s Training Field, a local Historic District under Massachusetts law.

The story behind this marker is an account of the Town’s first open space acquisition, which became the civic place perhaps most central to West Newbury’s geography, history, and heart — where gatherings ranging from mustering of Revolutionary War minutemen to the late 19th century West Newbury Farmers’ Club extravaganzas to our current day Christmas tree lightings have occurred here in West Newbury.

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