Memorial park and wall honoring Sergeant Henry Hansen, the armed services and permeable features for storm resilience among new features 

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, Ward 5 City Councilor Naima Sait, and Director of Veterans Services Jerome Thomas invite the Somerville community to join a ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly renovated Henry Hansen Park on Thursday, November 7, at 9:00 a.m. The new park includes a memorial wall and plaques honoring Sgt. Henry Hansen and main branches of the armed services, a seating wall, water bottle filler, native landscape plantings, and more. 

Henry Hansen Park is located at 70 Partridge Ave., on the corner of Medford St. and Partridge Ave. Sgt. Henry O. “Hank” Hansen, a Magoun Square resident, was killed in action just one week after participating in the first flag-raising on Iwo Jima’s Mount Suribachi. The new park design was driven by community process with funding provided by the Massachusetts PARC program and the Somerville Community Preservation Act. 

To learn more, please contact Arn Franzen, Senior Project Manager, OSPCD Public Space and Urban by emailing Afranzen@somervillema.gov.