Salem Trivia:

• The Salem Maritime National Historic Site was the first American National Historic Site to be designated by Congress.
• Salem was the center of Puritanism in America.
• Nicknamed "The Witch City", Salem is home to the Salem Witch Trials.
• American novelist and short story writer, Nathaniel Hawthorne, was born in 1804 in the city of Salem.
• Salem is the birthplace of the National Guard.
• The game of Monopoly was first published in Salem by Parker Brothers.