THE LAKEVILLE ELMS 



They are considered historic in that they 

 stand in the middle of what was once a 

 training-field, where the soldiers of this com- 

 munity were mustered for service in the 

 Civil War. 



The men who enlisted from Middleboro 

 and its environs served their country with 

 honor and distinction, notably among the 

 first battles of the war. The towering elms, 

 ever a fitting memorial to the brave, stand 

 here as if rapt in silent reflection, garlanded 

 almost to the ground with green leaves, 

 overlooking the place where some of the 

 boys in blue prepared themselves for the 

 great crisis. 



The larger tree of the two has a height of 

 60 feet, a spread of 65 feet and a circum- 

 ference, at breast height, of 8| feet. The 

 smaller tree is 60 feet in height, 50 feet in 

 spread and 7 feet in circumference. 



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