Devens, Massachusetts is a genuinely singular community — a former U.S. Army base reimagined as a mixed-use residential and corporate campus whose wide parade grounds, Colonial Revival buildings, and granite memorials preserve one of the most extraordinary military landscapes in New England.
The Fort Devens Museum is an essential destination — a moving collection of WWI-to-present Army artifacts tended by passionate volunteers who bring Fort Devens’s extraordinary history vividly to life. The Sweet Heart Memorial, where WWI soldiers inscribed their sweethearts’ names on stones from their home states, is one of the most poignant pieces of military folklore in all of New England.
For dining, The Ravioli Theory in adjacent Ayer serves globally inspired cooking that devoted regulars call their favorite restaurant in the world, and Pleasant Cafe delivers a Cuban sandwich and harvest salad that make it a genuine community anchor.