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The Bedford flag on display at the Bedford Free Public Library is the oldest known surviving intact battle flag in the United States. It is celebrated for having been the first U.S. flag flown during the American Revolutionary War, as it is believed to have been carried by Nathaniel Page's outfit of Minutemen to the Old North Bridge in Concord for the Battle of Concord on April 19, 1775.
Also facing the common is Bedford's town hall, which was built in 1857 as a school, and has seen a variety of civic uses before housing town offices. When the district was listed on the National Register in 1977, its period of significance extended to 1927; in 2014, the district underwent boundary adjustments that increased its size by 20 acres ...
The Bureau of State Parks and Recreation division of Department of Conservation and Recreation (Massachusetts) (DCR) is responsible for the maintenance and management of over 450,000 acres (1,820 sq km) of privately and state-owned forests and parks, nearly 10% of the Commonwealth's total land mass. Within the lands managed by the Bureau of ...
Greater New Bedford residents (Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Acushnet, Freetown and Assonet): $30 All others: $60 A man scans East Beach in New Bedford for treasure as seen through the lifeguard stands.
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The Two Brothers Rocks–Dudley Road Historic District encompasses a historically significant rural area of Bedford and Billerica, Massachusetts.The district covers 230 acres (93 ha) of predominantly rural and residential property, along Dudley Road, a narrow, winding road that was laid out in colonial days.
The town of Bedford purchased both in 1999, following a four-year effort by the Friends of Bedford Depot Park, and restored them as the centerpieces of the Bedford Depot Park. [3] They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 as part of the Bedford Depot Park Historic District. [ 1 ]
The house was built c. 1713 by Job Lane, one of Bedford's earliest settlers, on land acquired by his grandfather (also Job Lane) in 1664 from Governor John Winthrop. [3] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1] It is owned by the Town of Bedford and operated as an 18th-century historic house museum.