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How Shore Road Almost Didn’t Become a Park

February 5, 2016December 29, 2016 Henry Culture, History, Outdoors and Rec barracks, military bases, Mrs. A.W. Billing, Navy, parks, receiving ship, shore road, Shore Road Park, Stephen V. Duffy, William E. Cleary, World War I

Our best and biggest greenspace was briefly—and almost permanently—a military installation!

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