Village Training Field
USA /
Massachusetts /
Danvers /
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/ USA
/ Massachusetts
/ Danvers
World / United States / Massachusetts
military, historical layer / disappeared object
Beginning in 1671, the men of Salem Village performed military drills here. In 1709 Nathaniel Ingersoll willed the field as a "training place forever." On April 19, 1775, many of the Danvers Minutemen traveled from here to the Lexington Alarm, suffering heavy casualties. A memorial off Ingersoll Street dedicated in 1976 lists the names of 19 Danversites who gave their lives during the War for Independence.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 42°34'2"N 70°57'53"W
- Former Site of Boston Naval Shipyard 22 km
- Fort Standish / Lovell's Island 26 km
- Hanscom Field / Hanscom Air Force Base (BED/KBED) 30 km
- Major David Scott Connolly Armed Forces Reserve Center 51 km
- Devens United States Army Reserve Center 54 km
- Fort Devens Impact Area 57 km
- Turner Drop Zone 59 km
- Fort Devens 60 km
- New Boston Remote Tracking Station(AFSCN) 69 km
- New Boston Air Force Station 71 km
- Danvers, Massachusetts 1.3 km
- St. John's Preparatory School 2 km
- North Shore Community College- Danvers Campus 2.7 km
- Essex Agricultural and Technical High School 3 km
- Danvers High School campus 3.3 km
- Bates Linear Accelerator Center 3.8 km
- Putmanville Reservoir 4 km
- Connors Farm 5.1 km
- Middleton, Massachusetts 5.5 km
- Topsfield, Massachusetts 7.9 km