Originally a burial ground for the Middleburgh Reformed Church, the Village of Middleburgh was gifted the Memorial Park land by the Church’s Consistory on February 3, 1921. Converting what was a deserted graveyard into a local park was a longtime goal of Middleburgh’s Twentieth Century Club.
Briefly called “Pine Park” because of the landscape’s large pines, Memorial Park eventually came into its name when the Century Club and other local organizations unveiled a monument honoring World War One veterans in 1929. Seven years later in 1936, another monument was erected to honor the Schoharie Valley’s Revolutionary War heroes with monetary assistance by the Schoharie County Historical Society and New York State.
In the decades since, additional objects – including the fountain, urns, flowers, gazebo, and park benches have been added. In 2001, the Middleburgh Rotary Club rededicated Memorial Park – and the Rotarians have since erected a new monument honoring World War Two, Korean War, and Vietnam War veterans in May 2021, as well as installing a new park sign earlier this spring.
