{"id":1319,"date":"2024-10-22T19:05:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T19:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/?post_type=monuments&#038;p=1319"},"modified":"2024-11-11T18:57:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T18:57:15","slug":"oliver-carter-monument","status":"publish","type":"monuments","link":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/monuments\/oliver-carter-monument\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Carter Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The history of Carter Park, located on Main Street in <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/communities\/leominster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leominster<\/a>, is recognized with a commemorative boulder bearing a descriptive bronze plaque, which reads:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THIS LAND WAS GIVEN TO THE<br \/>\nTOWN OF LEOMINSTER<br \/>\nBY<br \/>\nOLIVER CARTER<br \/>\nIN 1754 FOR A TRAINING FIELD OR PERPETUAL COMMON.<br \/>\nTHE SOLDIERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION<br \/>\nMARCHED FROM THIS PLACE.<\/p>\n<p>ERECTED BY<br \/>\nCAPTAIN JOHN JOSLIN JR. CHAPTER<br \/>\nNATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION<br \/>\n1906<br \/>\nREDEDICATED 2012<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019 Day 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Carter\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 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. 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