Peters Square
Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Marker Inscription
Peters Square Sgt. Constantine C. Peters U.S. Army Air Force July 2 1915-May 10, 1944
The Story
This square in Attleboro honors Sergeant Constantine C. Peters, a local son who served in the U.S. Army Air Force and died on May 10, 1944, at the age of 28, during the Second World War. Naming a public square for a fallen serviceman was a common way American towns wove the war's global scale back into the streets people walked every day. By his death in 1944, the Army Air Forces were flying vast bombing and support campaigns across Europe and the Pacific, and communities like Attleboro sent thousands of young men into that effort.
Why it matters
Local memorials like this one turned an ordinary neighborhood corner into a permanent reminder of the individual cost behind America's role in World War II, keeping one hometown airman's name in daily view long after the war ended.
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- · Sgt. Constantine C. Peters
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- · World War II
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