by s2desi5_mmm | Aug 16, 2024
An 80-year-old farmer and decorated officer of the French and Indian War, Samuel Whittemore was living in Menotomy (present day Arlington) when the British arrived on April 19, 1775. As the British troops retreated from Concord via Menotomy, Whittemore joined the...
by s2desi5_mmm | Aug 16, 2024
The Old Men of Menotomy Marker commemorates the group of twelve “old men” considered unfit for military duty, who met at Cooper’s Tavern in what is now Arlington and formulated a plan to capture a British convoy carrying supplies to Lexington on April 19, 1775. Led by...
