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Pages in category "Lakeville, Massachusetts" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Upon successful completion of the Spur Ride, new spur holders are welcomed with a formal induction ceremony. The ceremony is a dining in, called the Spur Dinner, that often includes other military traditions such as honoring lost comrades, a ceremonial punch [1] (called a grog ), and a roll call of the successful candidates.
Native Americans inhabited southern Massachusetts for thousands of years prior to European colonization of the Americas, and Lakeville is a site with significant indigenous history. Soewampset is listed as a noted habitation in a 1634 list of settlements in New England, [ 2 ] suggesting that Assawompset Pond may take its name from a former ...
One of the bigger events at the speedway occurred on October 13, 1930 when a new course speed record was set. After seven hours of competition, which was viewed by thousands of spectators, a time of 2:05.5 was set for the 1 mile (1.6 km) race.
Lakeville: 13.8: 22.2: Route 18 south – East Freetown, New Bedford: Southern terminus of concurrency with Route 18: 16.5: 26.6: Route 18 north – Boston: Northern terminus of concurrency with Route 18: 19.3: 31.1: Route 79 south – Freetown, Fall River: Northern terminus of Route 79: Middleborough: 19.4: 31.2: I-495 – Wareham, Cape Cod ...
Westboro Speedway, also known as Westboro Sports Stadium, [1] was a one-quarter mile (0.40 km) banked and paved oval race track located in Westborough, Massachusetts, that operated from 1947 through 1985. It featured various types of racing including super-modified and midget cars. [2]
The Lebanon Valley Speedway was built in 1953 by a Massachusetts group consisting of Edward Radke, Robert Scott and Harold Beitzel on land leased from the Lou Spanier family. In 1954, Spanier gained ownership of the facilities, and in 1963 added the dragstrip to the complex.
Riverside Park Speedway was a 1/4-mile oval paved race track, located at the present site of Six Flags New England in Agawam, Massachusetts, one mile north of the Massachusetts–Connecticut state line.