Also known as the Train­ing Field, this was a com­mon graz­ing area and mili­tia parade ground dur­ing colo­nial times. The cen­ter­piece of the park is the Sol­diers Mon­u­ment, built in 1872 and ded­i­cat­ed to the men of Charlestown that fought in the Amer­i­can Civ­il War.