Colonel Loammi Baldwin - Woburn, MA
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A monument of honoring Revolutionary War colonel and originator of the Baldwin apple, Colonel Loammi Baldwin is located on Main Street north of I-95 in Woburn, MA.
Waymark Code: WMWKDC
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/15/2017
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A 6' high bronze statue of a colonel is wearing a Continental Army uniform with a tri-corner hat and knee high boots. His right arm is by his side and he is holding a sword, vertically, in his hand. His left arm is bent at the elbow and his fingers are pointing forward. The 6' by 4' square pink granite base contains five bronze plaques. The monument was created by Herbert Adams in 1917 and dedicated April 19, 1920. Bronze plaques on the base provide a biography of Colonel Loammi Baldwin.
The on the front of the base is plaque with a relief profile of Loammi Baldwin and the inscription in raised capital letters:
LOAMMI BALDWIN
PATRIOT
PUBLIC OFFICIAL
BORN JANUARY 21, 1745, N.S.
IN NORTH WOBURN
MASSACHUSETTS
DIED OCTOBER 20, 1807
Below a plaque is inscribed:
ERECTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE WILL
OF HIS GRANDDAUGHTER
CATHERINE RUMFORD GRIFFITH
BY HIS GREAT-GRANDSONS ROSWELL PARK
LOAMMI FRANKLIN BALDWIN AND BALDWIN COOLIDGE
EXECUTORS AND TRUSTEES
A.D. MCMXVII
A plaque on the west side of the base is inscribed:
A PARTICIPANT WITH THE
RANK OF MAJOR
IN THE BATTLES OF
LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
A COLONEL OF
THE 26TH REGIMENT OF
THE CONTINENTAL ARMY
WITH GENERAL WASHINGTON
DURING THE OCCUPATION
OF NEW YORK
AND IN THE BATTLE
OF TRENTON
A plaque on the east side of the base is inscribed:
ONE OF THE PROPRIETORS
AND
A PRINCIPAL CONSTRUCTOR
OF THE MIDDLESEX CANAL
A MEMBER OF
THE COMMITTEE TO SIGN
THE PAPER MONEY OF
MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY
FIRST SHERIFF OF
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
UNDER THE STATE CONSTITUTION
A LEADER OF AFFAIRS
IN WOBURN
A plaque on the back of the base is has the relief image of an apple surrounded by a wreath and is inscribed:
BALDWIN APPLE
DISSEMINATOR OF THE APPLE
IN HONOR OF HIM CALLED
THE BALDWIN
WHICH PROCEEDED FROM A TREE
ORIGINALLY GROWING WILD
ABOUT TWO MILES NORTH
OF THIS MONUMENT