Cultural Landscape Report for Armory Square, Springfield Armory NHS

Crosbie AA. 2010. Cultural Landscape Report for Armory Square, Springfield Armory NHS. Cultural Landscape Report. National Park Service, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation. Boston, Massachusetts

For nearly two centuries, the US Armed Forces and American industry looked to Springfield Armory for innovative engineering and superior firearms. Springfield Armory National Historic Site commemorates the critical role of the nation’s first armory by preserving and interpreting the world's largest historic US military small arms collection, along with historic archives, buildings, and landscapes.

Type
Published Report
Authors
Crosbie, Allison
Date of Issue
2010
Publisher
National Park Service, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation
Units
NER , SPAR
Keywords
1777, armory square, Army, CLR, Connecticut River, cultural landscape, cultural landscape report, George Washington, industrial revolution, John Garand, landscape preservation, M1903 Springfield, MA, mass production, Massachusetts, military, OCLP, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, Revolutionary War, Shays' Rebellion, Springfield, Springfield Technical Community College, STCC, The Arsenal at Springfield, Thomas Blanchard

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