Review from Emily (yelp.com user)
THIS IS A DOG PARK and it’s heaven on earth for responsible dog lovers. Retrievers frolick with Schnauzers. A little gargoyle-lookin’ thing named Diesel reigns supreme. The flag bellows above and looms very large. The cannons serve as great back stops for sprinting dogs and runaway tennis balls. The humans try awkwardly to fit in, but the dogs are doing just fine.
It’s the highlight of my weekday and the reason for being for my chocolate lab, Belle. She’s leash-free and fancy free when we’re here.
Some sort of unwritten ethical code is in effect where a good majority of owners clean up 
after their pets, leave tennis balls behind for communal use and poo bags and trash cans are conveniently located along the park fences.
If you drive here, there’s always parking available nearby.
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1 Brian Campbell // Sep 29, 2007 at 1:20 am
IT IS NOW ILLEGAL FOR OUT OF TOWN DOG TO USE FORT WASHINGTON
DOGS MUST BE LICENSED IN CAMBRIDGE, MA.
“Let no unpatriotic hand destroy this revolutionary relic, now
known as Fort Washington.”
Please read below of the history of Fort Washington.
The Cambridge Chronicle published this editorial.
http://www.townonline.com/cambridge/opinion/x97779003
Letter: Dogs shouldn’t be roaming free at Fort Washington
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - Updated: 03:30 PM EDT
On St. Patrick’s Day/Evacuation Day, we celebrated Washington and his
volunteer soldiers, who toiled so hard to build the dozens of siege
fortifications around Boston that, with Knox’s Ticonderoga cannons on
Dorchester Heights, forced the British evacuation of Boston on March 17,
1776.
In November 1775, by order of George Washington, volunteer soldiers
constructed the Three Gun Battery Earthworks at Fort Washington Park at
101 Waverly St. Of the many siege fortifications built, only the Three Gun
Battery Earthworks at Fort Washington Park survive in an original
condition.
After the Revolution, the affluent Dana family preserved the Three Gun
Battery Earthworks until 1858 and donated the land the Three Gun Battery
Earthworks occupy to the city. In 1859, Cambridge built the beautiful
historic fence around the Three Gun Battery Earthworks to protect them.
In the “History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877,” Lucius R. Paige,
wrote, “Let no unpatriotic hand destroy this revolutionary relic, now
known as Fort Washington.” The “revolutionary relic” Paige was referring
to was not the fence, but the Three Gun Battery Earthworks. Over the
years, the historic fence was battered and vandalized, but protected the
revolutionary relic, Earthworks, and is now restored.
On Jan. 12, 2006, the Cambridge Chronicle published “Dog owners trump
history” by Sarah Andrews, Chronicle staff, which reported the Cambridge
Historical Commission approved a temporary installation of a 40-inch-high
chain-link fence, which abuts the existing historic fence.
The commission’s members approved this fence solution in a 6-1 vote,
saying, “It was important to meet the needs of dogs and their owners.” The primary historic preservation concern was the 148-year-old fence, which no
longer serves as protection to the Earthworks. Instead, it keeps pooches
caged in, making Fort Washington a legal off-leash park. Dogs burrow large
holes in the Three Gun Battery Earthworks with impunity, as there is no
protection for these fragile revolutionary relics our forefathers so
bravely constructed while suffering sickness and death in the camps and
barracks of Cambridge.
As a U.S. Navy veteran, I feel this not the proper place to allow dogs to
run free. The 231-year-old revolutionary relic, Three Gun Battery
Earthworks, is a monument to the labor of volunteer soldiers who
constructed them, and deserve the respect and protection afforded the
Earthworks at National Battlefields.
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