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Veterans Memorial Park is the largest open space in Vineyard Haven: ballfields, courts, a playground and a memorial to the town's veterans.
Veterans Memorial Park in Vineyard Haven hosts concerts, community events, and offers peaceful Martha's Vineyard harbor views year-round.
Veterans Memorial Park is located at 10 Causeway Road in Vineyard Haven, behind Cumberland Farms, off Lagoon Pond Road near Lagoon Pond. This is an athletic and recreational park, not to be confused with Owen Park on the harbor which hosts the summer band concerts.
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The park covers approximately 9 acres with amenities including: a soccer field, two baseball fields (one lighted), a volleyball court, a lighted basketball court, a multi-purpose field, playground equipment, picnic tables, restrooms, and free parking. It is a living memorial to veterans who died in wars. The American Legion veterans decided "a park area of playing fields and playgrounds was more suitable than bronze and granite as a memorial."
The paved loop around the fields, with benches along it. It is the flattest, easiest walk in town for a stroller or a wheelchair.
Built by American Legion Post 257 (George W. Goethals Post) on land that was formerly a tidal marsh called "Cat Hollow." 60,000 cubic yards of earth were brought in to fill the marsh, and construction took 12 years. In 1964, Tisbury selectmen received the deed along with $6,000 for improvements. The park underwent a $500,000 renovation with a grand reopening circa 2015.
The ball field at Veterans Memorial Park on a September morning: bleachers along the rail fence, the flag by the lot, and an osprey nest on the pole beyond the trees. Off Lagoon Pond Road, behind Cumberland Farms, with free parking.
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The park has hosted the Beach Road Weekend music festival (2023 featured Mumford and Sons, Bon Iver, Leon Bridges). Standard use is recreational and athletic: youth soccer, Little League, community sports.
Home plate and the backstop at Veterans Memorial Park. Little League in spring, pickup games and dog walkers the rest of the year; the soccer goals and the playground are on the far side of the field.
The meadow and marsh at the park’s edge, the last of the tidal ground the whole park was filled from.
The Vineyard Haven Band summer concerts are held at the Owen Park bandstand on the harbor, not at Veterans Memorial Park. See our Owen Park guide for concert schedule details.
For more on Vineyard Haven, see our complete town guide or learn about getting around without a car.
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