Historical Marker
Korean War
Historical marker location:
Barnstable, Massachusetts
( Memorial is on Mid-Cape Highway (Massachusetts Route 6A) 0.1 miles west of Willow Street, on the right when traveling east.)
June 25, 1950 July 2, 1953.
The first American lighthouse was built in Boston Harbor in 1716. The lighthouse was destroyed during the American Revolution and rebuilt in 1783.