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How We Remember

Revolutionary War Monuments, Memorials, and Markers in the Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area

"I hav'Nt a man that is afraid to go."

—Isaac Davis Monument, Acton, MA

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Revolutionary War Monument
Lexington, MA

“…and few are the memorials that tell the rising generation that such people ever lived.”

—Boston Globe, April 19, 1896 on the dedication of the African Reservation Monument, Bedford, MA

“The memory of the lives of those noble women of a hundred years ago is a legacy to every American woman…”

—Regent of the Sarah Bradlee Fulton Chapter, DAR at the dedication of the Sarah Bradlee Fulton Memorial in 1900

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Women of Menotomy Memorial
Arlington, MA

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Revolutionary War Monument
Medford, MA

“When Duty whispers low,
Thou must,
The youth replies,
I can.”

—Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem “Voluntaries” as inscribed on the Revolutionary War Monument in Woburn, MA

This is a story of our

collective honoring

Centennial Celebration, Concord, MA
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 1875
It's a story of

sacrifice

Battle of Lexington
Albion Harris Bicknell, 1890
It's a story of

grieving

Funeral Procession During the Late Celebration at Acton, MA
Gleason’s Pictorial Drawing-room Companion, 1851
It's a story of

community

Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Minute Men’s Monument in Acton, MA
Gleason’s Pictorial Drawing-room Companion, 1851
It's a story of

remembrance

Lexington Minute Men Change of Command Ceremony
Jane Berger Photography, 2018

As we approach the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, we invite you to explore How We Remember: Monuments, Memorials, and Markers in the Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area.

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