Editing Freetown, Massachusetts (section)

==Sites of interest==
[[Image:Profile Rock (Assonet).jpg|frame|right|This photo from a 1902 postcard shows Assonet's Profile Rock.]]

Many of Freetown's sites of interest are derived from its strong history.  The Freetown Historical Society Museum in Assonet is a trove of artifacts and information relating to the history of the town and surrounding area, and has an extensive [[genealogy|genealogical]] library.  Several buildings on the property show visitors how life in Freetown once was, even a mere sixty years ago, with a one-room schoolhouse, small chapel, blacksmith shop, and the like.

Hathaway Park in Assonet is a public park with a boatramp on the Assonet River.  It is the site of the faire and viewing area for the Fourth of July fireworks, and also one of two sites of the Strawberry Festival.  The other site for that event is the historic bandstand at the Assonet Four Corners, built in the 1930s on the site of the former Green Dragon Tavern.

[[Profile Rock]], in the [[Freetown-Fall River State Forest]], is a granite outcropping from Joshua's Mountain featuring the image of what local [[Wapanoag people|Wampanoag]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Indians]] have held to be the face of [[Massasoit]].  King Philip's Cave, in East Freetown, is said to have been a hiding place for [[Metacomet]] during the [[King Philip's War]].

Porter Pastures in Assonet and Town Beach in East Freetown are both public beaches, the former on [[Assonet Bay]] and the latter on [[Long Pond (Lakeville, Massachusetts)|Long Pond]].  There is also a municipal harbor on Long Pond.