MONUMENT TO
FALLEN CROWN SOLDIERS
who died on April 19th, 1775
DEDICATION CEREMONY
Saturday, September 7, 2024
10 am
(Rain Date September 14th)
OLD BURYING GROUND
Arlington, Massachusetts
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
INSCRIPTIONS
BURIAL MARKER SIDE
Forty British Regulars Died in Menotomy on April 19, 1775 As They Retreated from Lexington and Concord. They Are Buried Here in a Mass Grave.
THEY ANSWERED THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY
They are Remembered and
Respectfully Acknowledged
CENOTAPH SIDE
WHETHER BURIED HERE OR ELSEWHERE WITH NAMES KNOWN
OR LOST TO HISTORY. THE HUMANITY OF THESE BRAVE MEN
IS RESPECTFULLY ACKNOWLEDGED.
I do not know where the body of my dear boy lies, but his soul is here
Dedicated September 2024
MENOTOMY 1635
WEST CAMBRIDGE 1807
ARLINGTON 1867
His Majesty’s 10th Regiment of Foot
Lt Colonel Michael Graves, Commanding
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Arlington 250 Committee
- Arlington Historical Society
- British and Commonwealth Remembrance Committee
- Freedoms Way
- Monument Committee
- George Parsons, Richard A. Duffy, Angela Olszewski, Joann Robinson, James Normington, Alan Jones, and Stewart Ikeda
- Town of Arlington
- Arlington Cemetery Commission & Cemetery Staff
- Michael Rademacher, Director, Dept. of Public Works
- Arlington Historical Commission
- Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc.
- Oak Grove Memorials