Thorning Boulder
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Shorelander
N 42° 26.992 W 071° 16.490
19T E 312931 N 4702233
Site of a heroic action against the British during their retreat from Concord.
Waymark Code: WMA9V
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 04/11/2006
Views: 24
This historic marker is along Battle Road just west of the Minute Man Visitors Center. The marker reads:
"This site, called 'Minute Man Boulder,' is associated with Lincoln Minute Man William Thorning's heroic action on April 19th, 1775.
According to local tradition, Thorning, who lived along this stretch of Battle Road, joined in the pursuit of the British column. He encountered a flanking party of British light infantry. Dropping down into one of the farm ditches that crossed the landscape, he hid until the flanking party moved on. Thorning then ran to this rocky pasture and, sheltered behind a boulder, fired at the column again. He killed two British soldiers who are buried on a knoll across the road."
Agency Responsible for Placement: National Park Service
County: Middlesex
City/Town Name: Lincoln
Agency Responsible for Placement (if not in list above): Not listed
Year Placed: Not listed
Relevant Web Site: Not listed
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