On July 4, 1906, 15 years after his death, a massive statue of Devens, in Union uniform and astride a horse, was unveiled outside the Worcester County Courthouse. Secretary of War ...

Fort Devens was named in honor of Brevet Major General Charles Devens, a Massachusetts son who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. The Garrison exists to support military training and ...

Fort Devens is an active United States military installation in the towns of Ayer and Shirley, in Middlesex County and Harvard in Worcester County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It was named ...

In 1931, with it clear that area had shed its temporary status, it was commissioned as a permanent Army post and renamed Fort Devens. The base closed in 1996, with some land retained by the ...