Frank Fratus Square

Frank B. Fratus was one of eight Provincetown men killed in World War I. Two decades after the armistice, with Continue reading →

Town Green (Bas Relief Park)

The centerpiece of Town Green is Signing the Compact, better known as the Bas Relief. The park and monument date Continue reading →

Joseph L. Reis Square

Twenty-year-old Coxswain Joseph Lawrence Reis of the United States Navy was on home leave at 19 Standish Street in May Continue reading →

Matthew A. Gregory Square

On 6 April 1945, one month before V-E Day in World War II — just one month! — 1st Lt. Continue reading →

Everett McQuillan Square

Twenty-one-year-old (Thomas) Everett McQuillan, a first class seaman in the U.S. Naval Reserve, was “the first of our Provincetown lads Continue reading →

Jesse Arnold Silva Square

It’s fitting that Jesse Arnold Silva Square is near the Bradford Street Basketball Court, since basketball was one of Jesse’s Continue reading →

Cape Cod National Seashore | Long Point

Charles Darby Memorial. The East Battery, near the lighthouse, is where the Beachcombers erected their memorial to Staff Sgt. Charles Continue reading →

Cape Cod National Seashore | Province Lands

Provincetown Municipal Airport | John Van Arsdale Memorial. “Old Man Van,” John C. Van Arsdale Sr. (1919-1997), quite truly put Continue reading →