Harrisonburg Vets Stadium

Exterior of Veterans Memorial Stadium in Harrisonburg, Va., Aug-2007.

A look at the grandstand from down the first-base line.

The Harrisonburg High School football field is visible in the distance.

• Location: South High Street at Cantrell Street, Harrisonburg, Va.
• Opened: Unknown
• Home team: Harrisonburg Turks, Virginia League (1939-41)?
• Capacity: 2,000 (approx.)

Harrisonburg, already the home of Madison College (now James Madison University), has not had a professional team since, but this park served as home to a Valley Baseball League team also called the Turks until they moved to the JMU campus. The Valley League is a college summer wood-bat loop.

The Turks get their name from the region being a historic center for poultry production. That’s right, turkey.