After the turn of the century, automotive manufacturing boomed. Soon, Somerville became well-known for its meatpacking industry, and the town’s population skyrocketed. In the mid-1800s, immigrants moved to Somerville from Ireland, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Russia, and other primarily European countries. Until the Industrial Revolution, the area was inhabited mostly by British farmers and brickmakers.
A replica of Washington’s flag waves atop it. Today, beautiful Prospect Hill Park features a stately turret monument, built in 1903 to memorialize Somerville’s role in the Revolutionary and Civil wars. On New Years’ Day 1776, George Washington raised the Grand Union Flag-America’s first flag-on the hill. Paul Revere’s infamous ride took him through Somerville, and the Continental Army camped at Prospect Hill. By the Revolutionary War, Somerville had become an important strategic location for the patriots’ militia. At first, most of Somerville was grazing ground nicknamed “Cow Commons.” As Boston burgeoned nearby, Somerville’s population grew as well. Though it was home to Native Americans for centuries, the area was first settled by Puritans in 1629 as a western expansion of Charlestown. Somerville is older than even Boston itself.
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