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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Adjacent to Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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| | Here was the home of Captain John Heald, first selectman of Acton, who on April 19, 1689, marched to Boston with a military company to assist in the overthrow of Sir Edmund Andros. — — Map (db m48826) HM |
| | Site of first house in Acton, built by Captain Thomas Wheeler in 1668. He was commissioned to keep fifty cattle for the inhabitants and at night protect them in a yard from wild beasts. He was wounded by the Indians in King Philip's War. — — Map (db m48823) HM |
| | Site of garrison house built before 1700. Opposite, Ammi Ruhamah Faulkner had his saw and grist mill and woolen mill in 1735. — — Map (db m48819) HM |
| | On this site
Arlington erected a standpipe
1894
The Metropolitan Water Works
acquired the standpipe and
began to supply water to
Arlington 1899
From the standpipe were also supplied
Lexington 1903
Belmont 1909
The first standpipe . . . — — Map (db m50842) HM |
| | The road to Captain Cooke’s grist mill, built in 1638; the first water mill in this vicinity. — — Map (db m43050) HM |
| | Here stood Cooper’s Tavern, in which Jabez Wyman and Jason Winship were killed by the British April 19, 1775. — — Map (db m18137) HM |
| | Site of the house of John Cutter. Set on fire during the British retreat, April 19, 1775. — — Map (db m18140) HM |
| | Built by Martha, widow of William Russell, about 1680. Occupied until 1890 by her descendants, of whom Jason Russell lost his life in the conflict of April 19, 1775. — — Map (db m43052) HM |
| | At this spot on April 19, 1775 the Old Men of Menotomy captured a convoy of eighteen soldiers with supplies on its way to join the British at Lexington. — — Map (db m18138) HM |
| | Near this spot Samuel Whittemore, then 80 years old, killed three British soldiers April 19, 1775. He was shot, bayoneted, beaten and left for dead, but recovered and lived to be 98 years of age. — — Map (db m18142) HM |
| | 1635 Menotomy 1807 West Cambridge 1867 Arlington This park is dedicated by the people of Arlington to the memory of Colonial Minutemen and British soldiers who met here in the first great battle of the Revolutionary War. British troops in retreat . . . — — Map (db m18613) HM |
| | In this neighborhood “The Foot of the Rocks” Henry Wellington, a commissioned officer of the War of 1812-14, and his wife Eliza Teele, natives of this town, made their home in 1819; in honor of his parents, and ancestors, this memorial . . . — — Map (db m18615) HM |
| | “Uncle Sam” The birthplace of Samuel Wilson once stood near the main crossroad of the Northwest parish of Cambridge, the center of the district known as Menotomy. Wilson, born on September 13, 1766, was only eight when . . . — — Map (db m45243) HM |
| | Near this spot was the residence and garrison of John Fitch, for whom Fitchburg was named.On the 5th of July 1748 he was attacked by Indians and after a hot fight, in which the two soldiers with him were killed, he was captured with his whole family . . . — — Map (db m132882) HM |
| | Camp Stevens
muster ground
of the
53d Regt. M.V.I.
Mustered in Sept 1862
Mustered out Sept 1863
Erected 1915 — — Map (db m132806) HM |
| | Early name Shawshin, originally a part of Cambridge, set off as a town in 1655. Named after Billerica in Essex. — — Map (db m48832) HM |
| | Site of homestead of Captain Jonathan Danforth, pioneer of Billerica and famous surveyor. "He rode
the circuit, chain'd great towns and farms to good behavior; and by well worked stations he fixed their bounds for many generations. " — — Map (db m104020) HM |
| | Near this spot stood the John Rogers homestead, which was destroyed in the Indian massacre of 1695, and the entire family killed. — — Map (db m48838) HM |
| |
Henderson Inches operated a sawmill on this site circa 1806–1865. The mill was used to clear his large oak woods which extended east and west of this location. The mill foundation, millrace and dam are visible before you.
Henry David . . . — — Map (db m108986) HM |
| | Location chosen in 1630 to be the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Settled in 1631 under leadership of Thomas Dudley and called the New Town. The College ordered to be here, 1637. Name changed to Cambridge after the English University Town, . . . — — Map (db m48824) HM |
| | Oldest church building in Cambridge. Built in 1760 occupied by Continental troops in 1775. — — Map (db m117362) HM |
| |
Site of the factory of Charles Davenport
Pioneer of railroad car development
Builder of carriages and stages
1832 – 1857 — — Map (db m49748) HM |
| | From this site
on October 9, 1876
the first two-way long distance
telephone conversation was carried
on for three hours. From here in
Cambridgeport Thomas G. Watson
spoke over a telegraph wire to
Alexander Graham Bell
at the office . . . — — Map (db m49766) HM |
| | Constructed November 1775 by the Continental Army under General George Washington This fort was used during the Siege of Boston and helped force its evacuation by the British — — Map (db m18763) HM |
| | Site of the
Fourth Meeting House
built in 1756.
Here Washington worshipped
in 1775.
Constitutional Convention
of Massachusetts
held here in 1779.
Lafayette welcomed here
in 1824. — — Map (db m77777) HM |
| | To the memory of Gen. Casimir Pulaski Polish Patriot who fought for freedom on two continents. He volunteered his services to the Continental Army of the U. S. For distinguished service at the Battle of Brandywine, he was appointed a Brigadier . . . — — Map (db m18166) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m17963) HM |
| | To the memory of Gen. Thaddeus Kosciuszko Polish Patriot • • • Hero of two continents • Champion of Liberty and the rights of man • • He came to America in 1776 and volunteered his services for the cause of American Revolution • His valor and . . . — — Map (db m18167) HM |
| |
Built by the Province of The Massachusetts Bay In New England, in 1763
Named in honor of Thomas Hollis of London, Merchant, and other members of the same family, constant and generous benefactors of Harvard College from 1719 to 1804
Used . . . — — Map (db m109037) HM |
| | Near this spot from 1655 to 1698 stood the Indian College. Here American Indian and English students
lived and studied in accordance with the 1650 charter of Harvard College calling for the education of the English and Indian youth of this . . . — — Map (db m77789) HM |
| | Historic Plaque On this spot stood Jake & Earl's Dixie BBQ
A favorite hangout of local patriots
Destroyed by a regiment of British troops in
the spring of 1775.
Officially not on the Freedom Trail, it was
still one of Paul Revere's . . . — — Map (db m70038) HM |
| | On the evening of October 11, 1920, James Walter Mullally, a crossing tender on the Boston & Maine Railroad at the North Cambridge station, which was located nearby, lost his life in a vain attempt to rescue the aged Mrs. Emma Osgood from an . . . — — Map (db m100461) HM |
| | Reverend Thomas Hooker and his congregation took this path on their exodus from Cambridge in 1636. The strong bent of their spirits caused them to seek new lands and eventually to found Hartford in Connecticut. [ Second Marker: ] View . . . — — Map (db m44255) HM |
| | At Number 21 Linnaean Street is the Cooper-Austin House built in 1657 at what was then the northern end of the Cambridge Cow Common, by John Cooper, selectman, town clerk, and deacon of the church. — — Map (db m43049) HM |
| | Site of Fort Putnam
Erected by the American forces
December 1775
During the Siege of Boston — — Map (db m55623) HM |
| |
Here at the river’s edge the settlers of Watertown led by Sir Richard Saltonstall landed July 30, 1630.
Here Reverend George Phillips protest in 1632 against taxation without representation struck the first note of civil liberty heard in this . . . — — Map (db m43365) HM |
| | Here at the river's edge the settlers of Watertown led by Sir Richard Saltonstall landed in June 1630. Later this spot became known as Gerry's Landing, for Elbridge Gerry, signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Massachusetts who . . . — — Map (db m48016) HM |
| | Near this spot 800 British soldiers from Boston Common landed April 19th, 1775 on their march to Lexington and Concord — — Map (db m55622) HM |
| | Here lived
Stephen Daye
who set up near by
the first printing press
in British America
1638 — — Map (db m115316) HM |
| | These cannon were abandoned at Fort Independence (Castle William) by the British forces when they evacuated the City of Boston March 17, 1776 — — Map (db m18003) HM |
| | Built in 1759 Headquarters for George Washington 1775 – 1776 . Home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Family & Descendants 1837 1950 — — Map (db m19085) HM |
| | Under this tree Washington first took command of the American Army, July 3d 1775 — — Map (db m125607) HM |
| | Washington’s General Orders given at Cambridge, July 4, 1775 “The Continental Congress having taken all the troops of the several Colonies, which have been raised, or which may be hereafter raised for the support and defence of the . . . — — Map (db m17999) HM |
| | Washington Street, Somerville, and Kirkland and Brattle Streets, Cambridge, "Skirting marshes and river," follow the old Indian trail from Charlestown to Watertown. Along this way in 1636 went the Reverend Thomas Hooker and his congregation on their . . . — — Map (db m48017) HM |
| | On this site stood the original
meeting house where Minutemen,
from what is now Carlisle,
assembled and marched to the
North Bridge in Concord April 19, 1775
Stg. James Nickles • Pvt. Nathon Munroe •
Pvt. John Nickles • Pvt. Aaron . . . — — Map (db m103323) HM |
| | Settled in 1653 by people from Concord and Woburn. Named after Chelmsford in Essex. — — Map (db m48834) HM |
| | Settled in 1653 by people from Concord and Woburn. Named after Chelmsford in Essex. — — Map (db m48836) HM |
| | Here
On the 19th of April 1775
The minute guns summoned
The men of Chelmsford
To the Concord fight.
— — Map (db m31125) HM |
| | Erected in 1802 on the site of Chelmsford’s first school house. — — Map (db m42361) HM |
| | Harriet B. Rogers, assisted by Mary S. Byam, opened here in 1866 the Chelmsford School, the first in America to successfully teach lip-reading and speech to deaf children. In 1867 it was moved to Northampton as the Clarke School for the Deaf. — — Map (db m42365) HM |
| |
Middlesex Canal
Toll House
1832
Oldest Canal Toll
House in America. — — Map (db m31197) HM |
| |
South-southeast face:
In honor
of the
Townsmen of Chelmsford
in the
War of the Revolution
This monument is erected
by a
Grateful posterity.
East-northeast face:
Lt. Col. Moses Parker
and
Capt. Benj. Walker
Wounded at . . . — — Map (db m31182) HM |
| | Line of March April 19, 1775 Acton Minutemen — — Map (db m19081) HM |
| | Line of March April 19, 1775 Acton Minutemen — — Map (db m19082) HM |
| | “The world has seen no grander movement than that of our Revolution . . . The people, to a man, were full of a great and noble sentiment. It is marvelous to see how many powerful writers, orators, and soldiers started up just at the . . . — — Map (db m45235) HM |
| | Line of March April 19, 1775 — — Map (db m19076) HM |
| | Line of March April 19, 1775 — — Map (db m19078) HM |
| | 19 April 1775 Near this site was buried a British soldier of the 4th the King’s Own Regt. of Foot fatally wounded at North Bridge — — Map (db m18168) HM |
| | Here on this site lived the Brown family of Concord, who arrived from England in 1644. The exposed foundation on you left is from the first Brown family home. During the 1750s, their descendent David Brown constructed a new house. On your right, the . . . — — Map (db m18204) HM |
| | On the morning of April 19, 1775, approximately 400 colonials stood on the hill overlooking the North Bridge. As smoke rose from Concord center, the order to march was given. In the exchange of fire that followed, Captain Isaac Davis, who had . . . — — Map (db m18024) HM |
| | In 1775 Casey was Samuel Whitney’s slave. When revolution came, he ran away to war, fought for the colonies, and returned to Concord a free man. — — Map (db m18526) HM |
| | Here on the 19th of April 1775 was made the first forcible resistance to British aggression. On the opposite bank stood the American Militia. Here stood the invading Army and on this spot the first of the enemy fell in the War of that Revolution . . . — — Map (db m18021) HM |
| | On the morning of April nineteenth, 1775, while the British held this bridge, the minute-men and militia of Concord and neighboring towns gathered on the hill across the river. There the Concord Adjutant, Joseph Hosmer, demanded, “Will you let . . . — — Map (db m18027) HM |
| | West Face The Town of Concord builds this monument in honor of the brave men whose names it bears, and records with grateful pride that they found here a birthplace, home or grave. 1866.
East face They died for their country in . . . — — Map (db m107673) WM |
| | Concord places this stone honouring the memory of Corporal Ralph P Hosmer • Private Charles A. Hart • Private George Adams of Concords Company I Sixth Massachusetts Infantry. They died at Utuado Puerto Rico in the service of their country. . . . — — Map (db m107680) HM WM |
| | The monument on the left honors three residents killed in Korea and one lost in Iraq.
Howard Francis Heyliger •
James Edward Smith Jr. •
Wilfrid Wheeler, III •
Brian M. McPhillips
The monument on the right honors five killed in Vietnam . . . — — Map (db m107681) HM WM |
| | At the green’s south end, a large boulder features a plaque honoring 25 residents who died in World War I. The plaque also includes poetry verses writted by Concord resident Ralph Waldo Emerson. World War II.
Frank Arnold Andersen •
Natale Arena . . . — — Map (db m107676) WM |
| | planted seeds of a wild abrusca grape found growing on this hillside which after three generations through his work and wisdom became in this garden in September 1840 the Concord Grape — — Map (db m36721) HM |
| | Near this spot stood the first Town House used for town meetings and the county courts 1721 – 1794 — — Map (db m18523) HM |
| | They came three thousand miles and died to keep the past upon its throne. Unheard beyond the ocean tide, their English mother made her moan. April 19, 1775 — — Map (db m18022) HM |
| | Henry David Thoreau
was imprisoned for one night in a jail on this site, July, 1846 for refusing to recognize the right of the state to collect taxes from him in support of slavery – an episode made famous in his essay
“Civil . . . — — Map (db m82325) HM |
| |
“as I am measuring along the Marlboro Road-
a fine little blue-slate butterfly fluttered over the chain”
To support his philosophical and scientific endeavors, Henry David
Thoreau practiced the profession of surveying to . . . — — Map (db m120909) HM |
| | On the morning of April 19, 1775, the British march from Boston which resulted in the outbreak of the Revolutionary War ended here with a search for military stores. Gun carriages found by the light infantry were burned in front of the house. Other . . . — — Map (db m18064) HM |
| | Here in the house of the Reverend Peter Bulkeley first minister and one of the founders of this town a bargain was made with the Squaw Sachem, the Sacamore Tahattawan and other Indians who then sold their right in the six miles square called Concord . . . — — Map (db m18527) HM |
| | Near this spot stood the ancient oak known as Jethro’s Tree beneath which Major Simon Willard and his associates bought from the Indians the “6 myles of land square” ordered by the General Court for the Plantation of Concord September . . . — — Map (db m18169) HM |
| | At the time of the Battle, this area was a cleared pasture owned by Samuel Brooks, whose house is on Battle Road before you. In contrast to today’s forested landscape, the 1775 landscape was predominantly open farmland. A common myth about the . . . — — Map (db m18554) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m18172) HM |
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Here was the home of the Colonial officer who led the advance to the North Bridge. With British soldiers firing directly at his men, Major John Buttrick gave the order, “Fire, fellow soldiers, for God’s sake, fire!” It was the first . . . — — Map (db m18173) HM |
| | The British Troops retreating from the Old North Bridge were here attacked in flank by the Men of Concord and neighboring towns and driven under a hot fire to Charleston. — — Map (db m18055) HM |
| | Here begins the Battle Road. After brief battles at Lexington Green and Concord’s North Bridge, Colonists and British soldiers clashed here at Meriam’s Corner. Colonial militia and minute men coming from the North Bridge fight were joined by . . . — — Map (db m18057) HM |
| | Minute Man National Historical Park was the starting place of the American Revolution: here the resolve of citizens willing to risk their lives for the ideals of liberty and self-determination was instrumental in the formation of the American . . . — — Map (db m18377) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m31277) HM |
| | On this Hill the Settlers of Concord built their Meeting House near which they were buried. On the southern slope of the ridge were their Dwellings during the first winter. Below it they laid out their first Road and on the summit stood the Liberty . . . — — Map (db m18556) HM |
| | Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States U. S. . . . — — Map (db m41905) HM |
| | Concord HymnBy the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent . . . — — Map (db m45237) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m36722) HM |
| | The First Provincial Congress of delegates from the towns of Massachusetts was called by conventions of the people to meet at Concord on the eleventh day of October 1774. The delegates assembled here in the Meeting-House on that day and organized . . . — — Map (db m18524) HM |
| | Westward to the meetinghouse along the sunny slope of this ridge the settlers of Concord built their first dwellings. — — Map (db m127419) HM |
| | Nathaniel Hawthorne loved and walked these grounds as Bronson Alcott had done before him. Trees and paths sheltered their spirits as the house did friends and family. — — Map (db m31280) HM |
| | This short stretch of street still known as the milldam was the site of an Indian fishing weir and was laid out along the dam built soon after the settlement of the town in 1635. — — Map (db m18170) HM |
| | Used for water, fish, power and skating lay south and west of this spot. April 19, 1775 British troops dumped captured cannon shot, musket balls and barrels of flour into the pond. The militia later recovered most of the ammunition and a good part . . . — — Map (db m18555) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m18017) HM |
| | “Will you let them burn the town down?” Lt. Joseph Hosmer of Concord “I haven’t a man who’s afraid to go.” Captain Isaac Davis of Acton “Do not fire on the King’s troops unless first fired . . . — — Map (db m18200) HM |
| | Minute Man National Historical Park was the starting place of the American Revolution: here the resolve of citizens willing to risk their lives for the ideals of liberty and self-determination was instrumental in the formation of the American . . . — — Map (db m18370) HM |
| | Minute Man National Historical Park was the starting place of the American Revolution: here the resolve of citizens willing to risk their lives for the ideals of liberty and self-determination was instrumental in the formation of the American . . . — — Map (db m18372) HM |
| | In 1775 you would be standing at a fork on the Groton Road. The east fork, restored by the National Park Service, today leads up the hill to the Visitor Center. The west fork, now traced as a mown path, led to Colonel Barrett’s farm over a mile . . . — — Map (db m18202) HM |
| | Built in 1747 Kept by Amos Wright in 1775 --------------- Here met the Committees of the Provincial Congress on the eve of the Revolution while the larger body sat in a Meeting House close by. --------------- Headquarters of the Minutemen in the . . . — — Map (db m18525) HM |
| | Site of
Thoreau’s Cabin
Discovered
Nov. 11, 1945
by
Roland Wells Robbins
Also, on a nearby fieldstone (see Fig. 3):
Beneath these Stones
lies the Chimney Foundation
of Thoreau’s Cabin 1845–1847
“Go thou my . . . — — Map (db m49548) HM |
| | In 1775, the house before you was the home of Job and Anna Brooks, and their children Asa and Anna. Across the street was the home of cousin Joshua Brooks and his family. From the late 17th century until the 19th century, there was a tannery at . . . — — Map (db m18553) HM |
| | The 18th-century American Revolution was followed by a 19th-century literary revolution in Concord, which advanced our ideas of individual liberty and equality. Concord authors such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott, Henry David Thoreau and . . . — — Map (db m45234) HM |
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