Carter Park, Main Street
Leominster, MAThe history of Carter Park, located on Main Street in Leominster, is recognized with a commemorative boulder bearing a descriptive bronze plaque, which reads:
THIS LAND WAS GIVEN TO THE
TOWN OF LEOMINSTER
BY
OLIVER CARTER
IN 1754 FOR A TRAINING FIELD OR PERPETUAL COMMON.
THE SOLDIERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
MARCHED FROM THIS PLACE.
ERECTED BY
CAPTAIN JOHN JOSLIN JR. CHAPTER
NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
1906
REDEDICATED 2012
The engraving on the monument, which was installed 1906, was no longer readable over a century later so the Captain John Joslin, Jr. Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution installed a new bronze plaque and held a rededication ceremony during the week of Patriots’ Day 2012.
Carter’s gift of land served its intended purpose once the American Revolution began. Today, it is still fulfilling his 1754 vision as a perpetual common and public park.