
JAMES BURT MEMORIAL PARK
TOWN OF LEE,MA.
A small
park stands along side of the Lee Library on Main Street. It's monuments honor the "Gold Star Soldiers"
of the town that lost their lives protecting their country in the years from World War I to the present time and
Capt. James Burt, a Lee resident,
who was presented the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Harry S. Truman for his actions in World War II.
Capt. Burt is the only soldier from Berkshire County to ever have this honor bestowed to him.
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