When:
Saturday, Sep 07, 2024 10:00a -
11:00a

Where:
Old Burying Ground
670 Peg Spengler Way
Arlington, MA 02476

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Admission:
FREE

Hosted by:
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Categories:
History, Outside

Event website:
https://arlingtonhistorical.org/fallencrownsoldiers/

On Saturday, Sept 7, 10AM (rain date September 14), the public is invited to a special ceremony in The Old Buying Ground to dedicate a new Monument to Fallen Crown Soldiers Who Died on April 19, 1775 — one among the many Town projects commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and Arlington’s (then Menotomy’s) significant role in it.


Learn about the 40 British regulars who died in Menotomy as they retreated from Lexington and Concord and were buried here in an uinmarked mass grave.


This event is presented by the Town of Arlington Arlington250 Comittee in collaboration with Arlington Historical Society, Arlington Commission for Arts & Culture (ArtsArlington), British and Commonwealth Remembrance Committee, and Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area.


PROGRAM


WELCOME

Angela Olszewski

Co-Chair, Arlington 250 Committee


HISTORICAL REMARKS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

George Parsons

Chairman, Monument Committee

Arlington Historical Society


LIFE OF A BRITISH SOLDIER IN 1775 AMERICA

William Rapp, Ph.D

Major General, U.S. Army (Ret.)

Arlington Historical Society


COMMEMORATION OF FALLEN COMRADES AND CONCLUSION

His Magesty’s 10th Regiment of Foot

Lt. Colonel Michael Graves, Commanding


Learn more at https://arlingtonhistorical.org/fallencrownsoldiers/

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