Historical Markers and War Memorials in Leominster, Massachusetts
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Dedicated to our fallen Warhorse Soldiers on 9 February 2009 Lieutenant Colonel Garnet R. Derby Sergeant Joshua A. Ward Private First Class Jonathan R. Roberge Private First Class Albert R. Jex Translator Jevan Ali Othman "You Will Never Be . . . — — Map (db m229177) WM
1775-1783 In memory of the men of Leominster who endured hardship and battle in the war of the American Revolution This tablet is erected by Captain John Joslin Jr. Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1910 — — Map (db m221580) WM
Jonathan "Johnny Ro" Roberge, a Leominster native was killed in action in Mosul, Iraq, on February 9, 2009. He served in the United States Army, and he was a tank driver. There were three men killed with him that day, Pfc. Albert Jex, Lt. Col. . . . — — Map (db m229173) HM
This memorial is dedicated
to honoring the memory of
all Leominster soldiers
who served with courage
for freedom and justice.
We must we can and will be free — — Map (db m135506) WM
in Leominster built 1775 taken down July 4, 1824 rebuilt for first town house This tablet presented to the town of Leominster by the Leominster Historical Society on the 175th anniversary incorporation Leominster 1915 — — Map (db m138081) HM
Jolin Chapman, better known as "Johnny Appleseed", was born in Leominster to parents Elizabeth and Nathanial
Chapman on September 26, 1774. They lived on what is now Johnny Appleseed Lane, very near this site.
Nathanial Chapman responded to the . . . — — Map (db m220707) HM
Here on February 16, 1851, Jonathan and Frances Drake participated in the rescue of the fugitive slave Shadrach Minkins. The case attracted national attention and the rebuke of President Millard Fillmore. Undeterred, abolitionists like the Drakes . . . — — Map (db m101543) HM
Town Pound
1816
Leominster has had an animal pound
since 1749
and at this site since 1816.
Stray animals were restrained here
until the owners claimed them
and paid their fine. — — Map (db m142183) HM
12-05-01 - 05-31-06 Sfc Daniel Hpetithory • Spc Matthew G. Boule • Cwo Erik A. Halvorsen • Capt. Benjamin W Sammis • Spc. Danel F. Cunningham • 1St Lt. Brian M. Mcphillips • Capt. Seth R. Michaud • Lcpl Gregory E. MacDonald • Sgt. Justin W. Garvey . . . — — Map (db m232838) WM