As a military child, I grew up in many places, though I was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Fitchburg “was a wilderness until 1718” (). It was at this time that time that a man named Samuel Page came into the area, and began establishing life in the area, though not directly in Fitchburg. Eventually, a garrison was established by Samuel’s son, and people lived in that area, such as John Fitch. At first, the people in this town faced various hardships against the Indians, but eventually, “the people were ready to turn their hearts and hands to peaceful productivity on their farms” (). In 1764, they decided that the town should be called Fitchburg, which was taken to be a “‘a synonym for heroism’” (). Eventually, in 1872, Fitchburg would be
