History & local legend
John H. Frederick Field at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park in Mechanicsburg is associated with a story about a boy seen in the woods beyond the football field. His head was said to tilt to one side, reflecting the way he supposedly landed after falling from a steel jungle gym.
A visitor writing in June 2010 described a different experience near the field after dark. The factory behind the park was making its usual noise, but another sound rose above it, like wind crying through the trees. What struck the visitor was that the air was still.
