Foxboro State Hospital Cemetery

Foxboro State Hospital Cemetery is located on Cross Street in Foxboro. It is said that over 1100 graves are located in two separate locations. One pictured here and another is located about 375 yards away from this one that is accessible by a path from this one. Only two numbers on the small markers give any indication of who is buried there. One number is the identification number of the client and the other is numerical order of the burial. Kind of sad that state couldn't be bothered to put a name on them but I digress. These graves were for those that either had no family or they were not able to provide for a proper resting place.

 

Wicked Awesome History - 1935

On this day in 1935 the Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge (Aka: Buzzards Bay Railroad Bridge)first opens. It has a 544ft span and lifts to 135ft.Was the largest of its kind when complete and now is the second (The Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge between New Jersey and Staten Island, New York now owns first place) in the United States. It is owned and operated by the US Army Corp of Engineers.

Wicked Awesome History : 1621 - Not so Merry Christmas in Plymouth

The early Pilgrims treated Christmas as any other day.The hardline Puritans could find no reference to the holiday in the Bible and considered it a pagan holiday.  Christmas day in 1621 Governor Bradford had reluctantly let the “Strangers”(non-separatists) let them have the day off. As he and others went off to work the strangers went about and played in the streets including stool ball(an early version of cricket). Governor Bradford was furious when he returned and even confiscated their bat and balls. Told them it was unfair for them to do so in public and to keep celebrations indoors. In  Massachusetts and Connecticut Christmas was actually against the law for many years until 1681 when the last of these were repealed.

Wicked Awesome History - 1906

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Cold Walk up Burial Hill

Recently I had a chance to visit Burial Hill Cemetery in historic Plymouth, Massachusetts. I had first become aware of it through the story of the loss the Brig General Arnold which ran aground off Plymouth Harbor during the Revolutionary War in a bitter snowstorm. Sailors who had lost their lives were buried here and I was curious to find the location of this.

 

 The second (John Carver was first)Governor of Plymouth Colony William Bradford is buried here.

Adjacent to Governor Bradford is his son Major William Bradford who was Plymouth Colony's military commander during King Phillip's War in 1675-76.

The hill was the original location of the first fort of the colony which was also used as a church and meeting house. A replica can be seen at Plimoth Plantation nearby.

Resting place of the sailors lost on the Brig General Arnold off Plymouth Harbor during the Revolutionary War.

 

Burial Hill is listed on the National Register of of Historic Places. Is adjacent School Street., Church Street, and South Russell Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Book - The Death of the USS Thresher

The Death of the USS Thresher by Norman Polmar
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is the tragic story of the USS Thresher loss on April 10,1963 with 129 personnel on board 222 miles off the coast of Cape Cod Massachusetts at a depth of 8400 feet. This is a hard look at at the chain of events and speculation of what may have happened. If you are interested in learning more about this event this is the best place to start.

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