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Camp Meigs Memorial Park, Readville (Hyde Park), Mass., c. 1905

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Thomson & Thomson (Boston, Mass.)

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View of Camp Meigs Memorial Park depciting two cannons on a grassy area on either side of a flagpole with two birch trees. Additional trees and buildings can be seen in the background and a dirt path surrounds the grass area. The camp was used as a training field during the Civil War for many Massachusetts regiments including the 54th, 55th and the 5th Calvary, the first African-American troops to serve in the United States Army.
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Historic New England

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Keywords

  1. Cannons (Artillery)
  2. Civil War
  3. Civil War (1861 1865)
  4. Civil Wars
  5. Flagpoles
  6. Grass (Plant Material)
  7. Hyde Park
  8. Military Training Camps
  9. Parks (Recreation Areas)
  10. Readville (Neighborhood)
  11. Trees
  12. War Memorials

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