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Sacred to Liberty & the Rights of mankind!!!
The Freedom & Independence of America,
Sealed & defended with the blood of her sons.
The Monument is erected
By the inhabitants of Lexington,
Under the patronage & at the expence, of
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
To the memory of their Fellow Citizens,
Ensign Robert Munroe, Messrs. Jonas Parker,
Samuel Handley, Jonathan Harrington Junr.,
Isaac Muzzy, Caleb Harrington and John Brown
of Lexington, & Asahel Porter,or Woburn,
Who fell on this field, the first Victims to the
Sword of British Tyranny & Oppression,
On the morning of the ever memorable
Nineteenth of April, An. Dom. 1775.
The Die was cast!!!
The Blood of these Martyrs
In the cause of God & their Country,
Was the Cement of the Union of these States, then
Colonies: & gave the spring to the spirit, Firmness
And resolution of their fellow Citizens,
They rose as one man to revenge their brethren's
Blood and at the point of the sword to assert &
Deend their native Rights.
They nobly dared to be free!!
The content was long, bloody & affecting:
Righteous Heaven approved the solemn appeal:
Victory crowned their arms: and
The Peace, Liberty & Independence of the United
States of America was their glorious Reward.
Built in the year 1799 |