{"id":419,"date":"2021-08-23T14:43:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T14:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=419"},"modified":"2021-08-23T14:43:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T14:43:59","slug":"camp-miles-standish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=419","title":{"rendered":"Camp Miles Standish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Army\">U.S. Army<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_camp\"> camp<\/a>\u00a0located in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taunton,_Massachusetts\">Taunton, Massachusetts<\/a>\u00a0during\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\">World War II<\/a>, the main staging area for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boston_Port_of_Embarkation\">Boston Port of Embarkation<\/a>,<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Camp_Myles_Standish#cite_note-Stan1-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0with 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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prisoner-of-war_camp\">prisoner-of-war camp<\/a>. Immediately after the war, it was considered as a candidate site for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Headquarters_of_the_United_Nations\">United Nations Headquarters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<style>\n                #foogallery-gallery-348.fg-justified .fg-item {\n                    margin-right: 2px;\n                    margin-bottom: 2px;\n                }\n\n                #foogallery-gallery-348.fg-justified .fg-image {\n                    height: 200px;\n                }\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style>\n                #foogallery-gallery-348_1.fg-justified .fg-item {\n                    margin-right: 2px;\n                    margin-bottom: 2px;\n                }\n\n                #foogallery-gallery-348_1.fg-justified .fg-image {\n                    height: 200px;\n                }\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-justified foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-justified fg-light fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-always fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom2 fg-ready\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-348_1\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:false},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;rowHeight&quot;:200,&quot;maxRowHeight&quot;:300,&quot;margins&quot;:2,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;lastRow&quot;:&quot;smart&quot;}}\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Camp-Myles-Standish6.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Camp Myles Standish#6\" data-attachment-id=\"275\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"464\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/Camp-Myles-Standish6\/3681067033.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22464%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20464%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Camp Myles Standish#6<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Camp-Myles-Standish-Watsons-pond.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Camp Myles Standish Watson&#039;s pond\" data-attachment-id=\"274\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"409\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/Camp-Myles-Standish-Watsons-pond\/3162952466.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22409%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20409%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Camp Myles Standish Watson's pond<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Camp-Myles-Standish34.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Camp Myles Standish#34\" data-attachment-id=\"299\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"428\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/Camp-Myles-Standish34\/3333436804.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22428%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20428%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Camp Myles Standish#34<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Camp-Myles-Standish32.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Camp Myles Standish#32\" data-attachment-id=\"297\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"407\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/Camp-Myles-Standish32\/3860576335.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22407%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20407%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Camp Myles Standish#32<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Camp-Myles-Standish33.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Camp Myles Standish#33\" data-attachment-id=\"298\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"426\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/Camp-Myles-Standish33\/333793546.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22426%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20426%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Camp Myles Standish#33<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Camp-Myles-Standish2.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Camp Myles Standish2\" data-attachment-id=\"304\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"431\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/Camp-Myles-Standish2\/2993565435.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22431%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20431%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Camp Myles Standish2<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taunton-MA-Bay-St.-1992.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Taunton MA Bay St. 1992\" data-attachment-id=\"310\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"446\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/Taunton-MA-Bay-St_-1992\/2448952336.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22446%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20446%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Taunton MA Bay St. 1992<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tauton-MA-Reuion.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Taunton MA Reunion\" data-attachment-id=\"311\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"408\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/Tauton-MA-Reuion\/550869377.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22408%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20408%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Taunton MA Reunion<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-End.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"The End\" data-attachment-id=\"312\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"429\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/The-End\/4111931985.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22429%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20429%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">The End<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WWII-Camp-spurrd-lasting-memories-for-many.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"WWII Camp spurred lasting memories for many\" data-attachment-id=\"313\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"441\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/WWII-Camp-spurrd-lasting-memories-for-many\/789149991.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22441%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20441%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">WWII Camp spurred lasting memories for many<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A U.S. Army camp\u00a0located in\u00a0Taunton, Massachusetts\u00a0during\u00a0World War II, the main staging area for the\u00a0Boston Port of Embarkation,[1]\u00a0with 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\u00a0prisoner-of-war camp. Immediately after the war, it was considered as a candidate site &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=419\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Camp Miles Standish<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-online-exhibitions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":420,"href":"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions\/420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nortonhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}