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 Captain Daniel Shays - Shays Rebellion - Pelham, MA Posted by:  neoc1
N 42° 23.545 W 072° 24.233
18T E 713684 N 4696612
A monument commemorating Captain Daniel Shays, the leader of Shays Rebellion, is located at the intersection of Daniel Shays Highway and Amherst Road in Pelham, MA
Waymark Code: WM17R67
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 03/27/2023
Views: 1
A monument containing a bronze plaque is located at the site of an encampment of Daniel Shays army. The plaque commemorating Captain Daniel Shays, the leader of the Shays rebellion, is inscribed:
TO COMMEMORATE
DANIEL SHAYS
OF PELHAM
CAPTAIN IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
LEADER OF THE SHAYS REBELLION
AGAINST UNJUST LAWS
ON THIS HILLTOP HALF OF HIS RAGGED ARMY
ENCAMPED FOR SIX NIGHTS,
JAN. 28 TO FEB. 3, 1787
{Seal of the Sons of the American Revolution}
MEMORY OF WILLIAM AMBROSE BAILEY,
BORN IN PELHAM SEPT. 26, 1840. DEDICATED 1936,
150 YEARS AFTER THE OUTBREAK OF THE INSURRECTION
Soon after the Revolutionary War debt-laden farmers petitioned the Massachusetts State Senate to issue paper money and to halt foreclosure of mortgages on their property and their imprisonment for debts incurred as a result of high land taxes. When the state senate failed to pass reforms an armed insurgents under the leadership of Daniel Shays attacked the Federal Arsenal at Springfield on January 25, 1787. The assault was repelled by General William Shepard. The farmers dispersed and took refuge in hills to the north. Finally they were completely defeated at the Battle in Petersham on February 4, 1787 and only sporadic, unorganized resistance continued thereafter. The rebellion hastened the ratification of the Constitution by Massachusetts in 1788.
Name of the revolution that the waymark is related to:
Shays Rebellion
Adress of the monument:
Daniel Shays Highway and Amherst Road
Pelham, MA United States
01002
What was the role of this site in revolution?:
Leader of the rebellion.
Link that comprove that role: [Web Link]
When was this memorial placed?: 01/01/1936
Who placed this monument?: Sons of the American Revolution
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