History Corner
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Online Exhibitions
History of Barrowsville
This presentation concerns the History of Barrowsville, one of Norton’s villages. Some materialhas been taken from Rev. Clarke’s History of Norton but it also containsinformation from people who have lived most of their lives inBarrowsville. They have related memories about growing up in thevillage. Their stories are very interesting and nostalgic. Some detailscannot be found …
Camp Miles Standish
A U.S. Army camp located in Taunton, Massachusetts during World War II, the main staging area for the Boston Port of Embarkation,[1] with about a million U.S. and Allied soldiers passing through the camp on their way overseas or returning for demobilization after the war. It was also a prisoner-of-war camp. Immediately after the war, it was considered as a candidate site …
