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Located in the heart of the Sudbury<\/a> Center Historic District, a Revolutionary War Monument designed by well-known architect A.F. Haynes pays tribute to the local Patriots who served during the Revolution.<\/p>\n

The monument features a seventeen-foot statue of a musket-bearing soldier, carved from Westerly, Rhode Island granite and resting on a Quincy granite base. Together, the base and statue stand twenty feet above the ground, making it an especially striking and meaningful expression of gratitude to those whose sacrifices secured the country\u2019s independence during the Revolutionary War.<\/p>\n

The monument, which was dedicated in 1896, overlooks the old Revolutionary Cemetery<\/a>. Its origin is credited to local resident Joanne Gleason, who gifted $500 on June 17, 1895 towards its completion with the provision that the same amount, or greater, be expended by the town on the monument. When the project came in over budget, the town scrambled to procure additional resources. An additional gift of $500 by Gleason saved the day.<\/p>\n

Although she was unable to attend the dedication ceremony, Gleason\u2019s motivation for her gift is recorded in Curt Garfield\u2019s history, Sudbury, 1890-1989, 100 Years in the Life of a Town. <\/em>\u201cBeing myself a granddaughter of a soldier of the Revolution, who was one of the earliest in service of his country, and who kept the field as long as his bodily strength allowed,\u201d Gleason noted, \u201cI have an especial personal reason for desiring to perpetuate the memory of all those Patriots who, like him, risked everything for the cause of freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

The monument was dedicated on Bunker Hill Day as Gleason\u2019s grandfather, Captain Timothy Adams, assisted in its defense and her father Major Jonas Parker defended Boston\u2019s Fort Warren during the War of 1812. Parker also joined Daniel Webster and the Marquis de Lafayette on June 17, 1825 when the cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument was installed.<\/p>\n

The front of the monument\u2019s granite base bears the following words:<\/p>\n

Tribute<\/em>
\nof<\/em>
\nSudbury<\/em>
\nto her<\/em>
\nRevolutionary<\/em>
\nPatriots<\/em><\/p>\n

On the reverse side, the monument has another inscription:<\/p>\n

Erected 1896<\/em>
\nin honor of the<\/em>
\nsoldiers and sailors<\/em>
\nof<\/em>
\nSudbury<\/em>
\nwho fought at<\/em>
\nLexington, Concord,<\/em>
\nBunker Hill,<\/em>
\nand other battles of the<\/em>
\nRevolutionary War<\/em>
\n1775 \u2013 1783<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThis story is featured in <\/em>How<\/span> We<\/span> Remember<\/span>: Monuments, Memorials & Markers in the Freedom\u2019s Way National Heritage Area<\/strong>, part of our semiquincentennial initiative, Freedom’s Way 250<\/a>, made possible with support from the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati and the National Park Service.<\/em>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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