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It is now the Springfield Armory National Historic Site, and is managed and operated by the National Park Service. As of 2011, the 35 acres behind the Springfield Armory (and several of its former buildings) housed Springfield Technical Community College (STCC). STCC is the only "technical" community college in Massachusetts, which aims to ...
Springfield Armory, Inc., is an American commercial firearms manufacturer and importer based in Geneseo, Illinois. Founded in 1974 by Bob Reese and family, the company produces rifles such as the M1A and imports handguns such as the XD series and Hellcat .
Died of typhoid fever while serving with the Second Artillery garrison at Fort Adams, Rhode Island [10] [52] [53] 1895 Thales Lucius Ames: West Point mathematics instructor, All-American football center for the academy team. Superintendent of the Springfield Armory [10] [54] 1896 Abraham Grant Lott
Lawrence Light Guard Armory [27] Springfield Armory [28] Water Shops Armory [29] Arsenals. Charlestown Arsenal [30] Watertown Arsenal [31] Bases. South Boston Army ...
Harpers Ferry Armory in 1862. The Harpers Ferry Armory, more formally known as the United States Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, was the second federal armory created by the United States government; the first was the Springfield Armory. It was located in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, which since 1863 has been part of West Virginia.
The Federal Square Historic District is a historic district encompassing a portion of the former Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts.Located across Federal Street from the main Armory grounds, Federal Square was the site of some of armory's early facilities, including a Continental Army magazine during the American Revolutionary War.
The museum's origins date to an October 1, 1903 letter from U.S. Army Chief of Ordnance Major General William Crozier who notified the Rock Island Arsenal commander that fifteen boxes of ordnance materiel would shortly arrive for the purpose of preserving it in a Military Museum to be established at the Rock Island Arsenal. [2]
The Springfield Armory, established in 1794. The advanced state of industrialization in the North, as compared with the Confederate states, was a major factor in the victory of Union armies. [27] Massachusetts, and the Springfield Armory in particular, played a pivotal role as a supplier of weapons and equipment for the Union army. [28]