Eighty men from Shirley, Massachusetts, answered the alarm from Lexington and Concord. A plaque placed beside The Shirley Meeting House door in 1900 lists the men of Captain Henry Haskell’s Company in Colonel James Prescott’s regiment who marched to Concord on April 19, 1775. According to “History of the Town of Shirley” (c.1883), the town’s response was so enthusiastic that all but seven men, who were old or sick, turned out.

Image description: Plaque with Muster Roll of men who marched from Shirley on the Alarm April 19, 1775.

This story was submitted by the Shirley Historical Society as part of the program, Revolutionary Stories: The Enduring Legacies of the American Revolution in the Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area.