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Massachusetts unveils Veterans Legacy Trail at Battleship Cove
Summary
State officials on hand at Battleship Cove in Fall River on Oct. 5 unveiled the Massachusetts Veterans Legacy Trail, an online, searchable catalogue the administration says will list more than 1,300 war memorials across the Commonwealth.
The Executive Office of Veterans Services and city leaders unveiled the Massachusetts Veterans Legacy Trail at Battleship Cove in Fall River on Oct. 5, introducing an online, searchable map the administration says catalogs more than 1,300 war memorials across the Commonwealth. Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll called the project “a first of a kind in the nation” and said it is intended to make memorials more accessible for history, genealogy and civic engagement.
Why it matters: The trail is designed to bring together monuments ranging from small-town greens to large memorials like those at Battleship Cove so that veterans, families and visitors can find and learn the stories behind them. Officials framed the project as part of a broader set of veteran-support efforts that state leaders described as investments in veterans’ services and public remembrance.
State and local leaders at the…
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