Leicester in Worcester County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)

Leicester Revolutionary War Memorial

Photographed by Phillip Olivo

1. Leicester Revolutionary War Memorial

Inscription. In Memory of the Minute Men
and Standing Company Who Marched From
This Spot on the Alarm of April 19, 1775
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Denny
Minute Men Seth Washburn, Capt. · William Watson, 1st Lieut. · Nathaniel Harwood, 2nd Lieut. · Samuel Watson, Sergt. · Henry King, Sergt · Ebenezer Kent, Corp. · Jonathan Newhall, Corp. · Benjamin Converse · Abner Dunbar · Thomas Parker · Ambrose Searle · Jesse Green · Jonas Smith · Peleg Hersey · John Brown · William Crossman · Hezekiah Sanderson · Daniel Hubbard · Abijah Stowers · Daniel Sargent · David Newhall · Daniel Denny · Ebenezer Sanderson · Elijah Comins · Elias Green · John Weaver · Isaac Livermore · Jonathan Sargent · Job Stetson · Morris Higgins · Nathan Craig · Phineas Green · Perley Brown · Stephen Taylor · Samuel Sargent · William Brown · Jason Livermore · James Tucker · Jonathan Jackson · Israel Sanderson

Adjutant John Southgate
Standing Company Thomas Newhall, Capt. · Benjamin Richardson, 1st Lieut. · Ebenezer Upham, 2nd Lieut. · Loring Lincoln, Sergt. · Isaac Choate, Sergt. · James Whittemore, Sergt. · Phineas Sargent, Corp. · James Graton · Peter

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Silvester, Jr. · Elijah Cummings · Jonathan Johnson · Nathan Richardson · Moses Hovey · Micah Livermore · Adam Gilmore · Elijah Howe · Elisha Ward · Jonathan Sargent, Jr. · Benjamin Lewiston · Thomas Snow · Reuben Lamb · Phineas Barton · Isaac Livermore, Jr. · Thomas Green · Caleb Nichols · Daniel Carpenter · Reuben Earle · Waite Upham · Richard Bond · Reuben Swan · Solomon Green

Erected by Colonel Henshaw Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Leicester Massachusetts
A.D. 1914

Erected 1914 by Colonel Henshaw Chapter Daughters Of The American Revolution.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) series list.

Location. 42° 14.785′ N, 71° 54.399′ W. Memorial is in Leicester, Massachusetts, in Worcester County. It is at the intersection of Paxton Street (Massachusetts Route 56) and Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Paxton Street. Located on the Leicester Town Common,. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Leicester

Photographed by Phillip Olivo, November 30, 2023

2. Leicester Revolutionary War Memorial

MA 01524, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Quiet Corner

and in Greater Worcester.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in New England.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Gen. Henry Knox Trail (approx. 0.3 miles away); Worcester (approx. 3.6 miles away); Denny Hall (approx. 4.2 miles away); First Congregational Church (approx. 4.2 miles away); George Washington Memorial Highway (approx. 4.2 miles away); Soldier’s Monument (approx. 4.3 miles away); Spencer Civil War Monument (approx. 4.3 miles away); Vietnam Memorial (approx. 4.3 miles away).

Credits. This page was last revised on January 4, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 20, 2023, by Phillip Olivo of Spencer, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 1,008 times since then and 87 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 20, 2023, by Phillip Olivo of Spencer, Massachusetts. 2. submitted on November 30, 2023, by Phillip Olivo of Spencer, Massachusetts. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.