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The following is a preliminary timeline outlining when the 100+ Revolutionary War monuments, memorials, and markers in the Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area were erected and\/or dedicated. Their evolution is placed within the context of historical events providing an understanding of who is memorialized and how.<\/p>\n
This resource was developed as part of our semiquincentennial initiative How We Remember: Monuments, Memorials, and Markers in the Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area,<\/em> offered with support from the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati and the National Park Service.<\/p>\n As a work in progress, when specific details are known we’ve included them; however, we have not been able to find the same level of information for all monuments, memorials, and markers included in this survey. Should you have additional information you’d like to share regarding a listing, or one we may have missed, please reach out\u2014we’d love to hear from you!<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Description” _builder_version=”4.26.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Open Sans||||||||” text_text_color=”#322e32″ text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”30px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Battles of Concord and Lexington takes place on April 19th The Battle of Bunker Hill takes place in Charlestown on June 17th Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence on July 4th The US and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Paris, officially ending the American Revolutionary War on September 23rd The US Constitution is written and signed on September 17th Revolutionary War Monument<\/a> on Lexington Common dedicated on July 4th. It is the oldest war memorial in the United States.<\/em><\/p>\n 25th Anniversary of the Battles of Concord & Lexington<\/strong><\/p>\n 50th Anniversary of the Battles of Concord & Lexington<\/strong><\/p>\n Concord celebrates the Bicentennial of its founding<\/strong><\/p>\n 1836 Battle Monument<\/a> dedicated at the Old North Bridge, Concord on July 4th Emerson\u2019s poem \u201cThe Concord Hymn\u201d first sung<\/strong><\/p>\n Roger Brown Historical Marker, Concord<\/em><\/p>\n Bunker Hill Monument, Charlestown dedicated on June 17th<\/strong><\/p>\n Last surviving soldier of the Battles of Concord and Lexington dies<\/strong><\/p>\n Revolutionary War Monument<\/a>, Arlington dedicated in June<\/em><\/p>\n Ashby Soldiers\/John Fitch Monument erected<\/em><\/p>\n 75th Anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence<\/strong><\/p>\n Issac Davis Monument dedicated on Acton Town Common on October 29th<\/em><\/p>\n End of the Civil War<\/strong><\/p>\n Memorial (Decoration) Day first widely observed on May 30th<\/strong><\/p>\n Grave of the British Soldiers<\/a> installed at Old North Bridge, Concord Granite Monument on Town Common, Hollis dedicated on May 30th<\/em><\/p>\n Centennial of the Battles of Concord & Lexington<\/strong><\/p>\n The Minute Man, designed by Daniel Chester French, dedicated at the Old North Bridge on April 19th<\/em><\/p>\n Centennial of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence<\/strong><\/p>\n Old Men of Menotomy Monument, Arlington <\/em><\/p>\n Samuel Whitmore Monuments, Arlington<\/em><\/p>\n Lexington Committee on Historical Monuments & Tablets established and recommends three memorial stones and nine memorial tablets<\/em><\/p>\n Stow celebrates the Bicentennial of its founding<\/strong><\/p>\n Revolutionary War Memorial Tablets, Stow dedicated on May 16th<\/em><\/p>\n Battle Line Boulder (Line of the Minutemen), Lexington British Retreat Marker, Lexington Meetinghouses Marker, Lexington Percy\u2019s Cannon, Lexington Captain John Parker Memorial, Lexington<\/em><\/p>\n Grave of the British Soldiers, Lincoln<\/em><\/p>\n Hayward Well, Lexington Bloody Bluff Monument, Lexington<\/em><\/p>\n Slate tablet at the Revolutionary War Monument, Lexington<\/em><\/p>\n Concord celebrates 250th anniversary of its founding<\/strong><\/p>\n Meriam\u2019s Corner Monument, Concord Muster Field Monument, Concord \u2018What a Glorious Morning for America Plaque,\u2019 Lexington<\/em><\/p>\n Sons of the American Revolution Founded<\/strong><\/p>\n Prudence Cummings Wright Memorial Stone, Pepperell dedicated in November, the first to a woman in the Heritage Area<\/em><\/p>\n Paul Revere Capture Monument installed along Battle Road in Lincoln<\/em><\/p>\n Daughters of the American Revolution Founded<\/strong><\/p>\n Revolutionary War Monument, Medford<\/em><\/p>\n Wooden Markers installed by the Sons of the American Revolution in Acton and Stow on July 4th to mark the graves of those who fought in the American Revolution<\/strong><\/p>\n Minuteman Monument (Ephraim Kimball Stone Marker), Fitchburg<\/em><\/p>\n Sons of American Revolution adopt and formalize marker program using a design adapting the cross of Saint Louis with Daniel Chester French\u2019s Minute Man at the Center<\/strong><\/p>\n Patriots\u2019 Day becomes a Massachusetts State Holiday<\/strong><\/p>\n Joseph Robbins Home Site Memorial Stone, Acton dedicated on April 19th Calvin & Luther Blanchard Memorial Stone, Acton dedicated on April 19th<\/em><\/p>\n Issac Davis Home Site Marker, Acton dedicated on April 19th<\/em><\/p>\n The African Reservation Monument<\/a> in Bedford\u2019s Old Burying Ground dedicated on Patriots’ Day acknowledging by name three African American Revolutionary War Veterans. It is the first such monument in the Heritage Area.<\/em><\/p>\n Revolutionary War Monument<\/a> Sudbury dedicated on Bunker Hill Day<\/em><\/p>\n The Nevens Stone<\/a> in Hollis, NH dedicated on Bunker Hill Day<\/em><\/p>\n Bunker Hill Memorial Bench, Pepperell dedicated on November 1st Count Rumford Statue, Woburn<\/em><\/p>\n Liberty Tree Site and Simon Hunt Farm, Acton<\/em><\/p>\n Minuteman Statue Lexington unveiled on April 19th<\/em><\/p>\n1775<\/h2>\n
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