Camp Stevens Muster Ground

Historical marker location:

99 Fitchburg Road, Ayer, Massachusetts

( Marker can be reached from Groton-Shirley Road north of Fitchburg Road (Massachusetts Route 21), on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1915

The Boston Molasses Disaster occurred in 1919 when a large tank of molasses burst and flooded the streets of Boston's North End, killing 21 people and injuring 150.