Lexington Minutemen Memorial - Lexington, MA
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The Lexington Minutemen Memorial is located east of the Lexington Battle Green on Bedford St. in Lexington, MA.
Waymark Code: WM10DD3
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2019
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On April 19, 1775 the first shots of the American Revolutionary War were fired on Lexington Green. This monument honor the colonial minutemen who engaged a force of British regulars that day. The American Revolution ended with the surrender of the British at Yorktown, VA in 1781 and formalized in the Treaty of Paris in 1783 when the boundaries between the British Empire in North America and the United States were established.
The front of the monument contains a 3' by 6' by 1' oval relief sculpture depicting six minutemen during the Battle on the Lexington on Lexington Town Green. Five men are firing rifles and a sixth is seated on the ground with his left leg outstretched, apparently wounded. The relief is affixed to a 2' by 8' by 3' stepped granite base.
The base of the sculpture is inscribed:
THESE MEN GAVE EVERYTHING DEAR IN LIFE, YEA AND LIFE ITSELF IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMON CAUSE
The front of the granite base is inscribed:
MEMORIAL TO THE LEXINGTON MINUTE MEN OF 1775
The back of the monument is inscribed:
MEMORIAL
TO THE LEXINGTON MINUTE MEN WHO WERE
ON THE GREEN IN THE EARLY MORNING ENGAGEMENT
APRIL 19, 1775
CAPT. JOHN PARKER
LT. WILLIAM TIDD
ENS. ROBERT MUNROE
ENS. JOSEPH SIMONDS
CLERK DANIEL HABRINGTON
ORDERLY SGT. WILLIAM MUNROE
CORP. JOEL VILES
CORP. SAMUEL SANDERSON
CORP. JOHN MUNROE
CORP. EBENEZER PARKER
DRUMMER WILLAIM DIAMOND
FIFER JONATHAN HARRINGTON
EBENEZER BOWMAN
JOHN BRIDGE JR.
JAMES BROWN
JOHN BROWN
SOLOMON BROWN
JOHN CHANDLER
JOHN CHANDLER JR.
JOSEPH DOUGLASS
ISAAC DURANT
PRINCE ESTABROOK
NATHANIEL FARMER
ISAAC GREEN
WILLIAM GRIMES
CALEB HARRINGTON
JOHN HARRINGTON
JONATHAN HARRINGTON JR.
MOSES HARRINGTON 3RD
MOSES HARRINGTON JR.
THADDEUS HARRINGTON
THOMAS HARRINGTON
ISAAC HASTINGS
TIMOTHY BLODGETT
SAMUEL HASTINGS
SAMUEL HADLEY
THOMAS HADLEY JR.
JOHN HOSMER
MICAH HAGAR
AMOS LOCK
BENJAMIN LOCK
BENEZER LOCK
REUBEN LOCK
ABNER MEAD
EBENEZER MUNROE JR.
THADDEUS BOWMAN ESQ.
JEDIAH MUNROE
JOHN MUNROE JR.
NATHAN MUNROE
WILLIAM MUNROE 3RD
NATHANIEL MULLIKEN
ISAAC MUZZY
JOHN MUZZY
JONAS PARKER
JONAS PARKER JR.
NATHANIEL PARKHURST
SOLOMON PIERCE
SGT. FRANCIS BROWN
JOSHUA REED
JOSHUA REED JR.
NATHAN REED
JOHN ROBBINS
PHILIP RUSSELL
BENJAMIN SAMPSON
JOSHUA SIMONDS
JOHN SMITH
PHINEAS SMITH
SIMEON SNOW
PHINEAS STEARNS
JONAS STONE JR.
JOHN TIDD
SAMUEL TIDD
JOSEPH UNDERWOOD
BENJAMIN WELLINGTON
ENOCH WELLINGTON
JOHN WINSHIP
SYLBANUS WOOD
JAMES WYMAN
NATHANIEL WYMAN
NO OFFICIAL LIST WAS EVER ISSUED BY THE COMPANY OR BY THE TOWN.
THESE NAMES ARE THOSE LISTED BY HISTORIAN FRANK WARREN COBURN IN 1912-22. IF OTHER NAMES CAN BE PROVEN THEY MAY BE ADDED.