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A monument in Mason, New Hampshire<\/a> honors the town\u2019s Patriots who fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Among them was Captain Benjamin Mann, who commanded a regiment at the famous battle and served in other Revolutionary War engagements.<\/p>\n

Born in Woburn, Massachusetts<\/a> about 1740, Mann arrived in Mason around 1771. Active in civic affairs Mann was town moderator upon twelve occasions: town clerk; selectman for six years; representative as a member of the Committee of Public Safety and the town\u2019s first justice of the peace. He was the father-in-law of Samuel Wilson, who later, during the War of 1812, became known as \u201cUncle Sam.\u201d<\/p>\n

Captain Mann\u2019s tavern still stands nearby on Darling Hill Road and currently serves as the home of the Mason Historical Society.\u00a0 They erected the monument in Mann\u2019s memory during the 1975 Bicentennial commemorations.<\/p>\n

A plaque affixed to the stone monument reads:<\/p>\n

1775 \u2013 1975<\/em>
\nIn honor of<\/em>
\nCaptain Benjamin Mann<\/em>
\nand the men who went<\/em>
\nfrom Mason<\/em>
\nto the Battle of Bunker Hill<\/em><\/p>\n

Mason Historical Society<\/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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