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Chapin Memorial Beach, which was previously known as Black Flats for its black sands and extensive tidal flats, was named in honor of George H. Chapin, a real estate developer who donated the land to the Town after World War II. [2] Corporation Beach, which is also sometimes called Nobscussett Beach, was named for the Nobscussett Point Pier ...
The Heights contains a World War II Memorial honoring local veterans who served in the war. The monument contains 184 names including one female, a nurse. There is also the Portuguese Club, a soccer field, basketball courts, and a playground for children. Every year the annual Portuguese Picnic is held drawing thousands every year.
Marlborough is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.The population was 41,793 at the 2020 census. [4] Marlborough became a prosperous industrial town in the 19th century and made the transition to high technology industry in the late 20th century after the construction of the Massachusetts Turnpike.
Marlborough Brook Filter Beds: Marlborough Brook Filter Beds: January 18, 1990 : Framingham Rd. Extends into Southborough, Worcester County. 6: Marlborough Center Historic District: Marlborough Center Historic District: August 19, 1998
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war .
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — People gather at the National World War II Memorial on Dec. 16 to commemorate one of the pivotal moments to come during the war in 1944: the Battle of the Bulge. The ...
The fort remained active through the Spanish–American War and World War I, and was re-activated during World War II. It was permanently decommissioned in 1947, and is now a tourist site. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970 as a masterpiece of coastal engineering of the pre-Civil War period, and for its role in the Civil War.
The world now knows the D-Day invasion marked a turning point in the war, that it would lead to the defeat of the Nazis and the end of World War II, but none of that was a given as 156,000 Allied ...