In 1956, after serving for 16 years as an aerial bombing and gunnery training site, the New Boston Bombing Range stopped being used for these purposes. This large military reservation, which included land in New Boston, Amherst, and Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, continued to be managed by the …
Beginning in World War II and into the mid-1950s, people living near the New Boston Bombing Range in south central New Hampshire were accustomed to the sight and sound of bombers and fighter planes buzzing overhead and the frequent “booms” of exploding ordnance. In speaking of her experience…
