Greeley Park

[1][2] In 1908, John E. Cotton[3] donated $5000, an amount that was "matched by city funds", to change the Greeley Farm into a public park.

The money was used to create a "stone and cement rest house, a fountain, a shallow pond, a gravel walk, and flower beds".

[4] The park also features hiking trails, horseshoe pits, ball fields, tennis courts, a community gardening section, and the only boat ramp on the west side of the Merrimack River between the Massachusetts border and the first rapids in New Hampshire.

[5][6] During September 1999, American politician John McCain officially announced his candidacy for president of the United States to a crowd of around one thousand in Greeley Park, beginning his first presidential campaign.

[7] During June 2020, Black Lives Matter hosted a vigil for George Floyd that was attended by over 1,000 people[8]