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IN 1775 CASEY WAS SAMUEL WHITNEY'S SLAVE. WHEN REVOLUTION CAME, HE RAN AWAY TO WAR, FOUGHT FOR THE COLONIES, AND RETURNED TO CONCORD A FREE MAN.

SEE ALSO-MAJOR JOHN BUTTRICK WAR MEMORIAL

SEE ALSO-MAJOR JOHN BUTTRICK WAR MEMORIAL STONE

THE BRITISH TROOPS RETREATING FROM THE OLD NORTH BRIDGE WERE HERE ATTACKED IN FLANK BY THE MEN OF CONCORD AND NEIGHBORING TOWNS AND DRIVEN UNDER A HOT FIRE TO CHARLESTON.

THESE MEN GAVE EVERYTHING DEAR IN LIFE, YEA AND LIFE ITSELF IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMON CAUSE.

TO THE LEXINGTON MINUTE MEN WHO WERE ON THE GREEN IN THE EARLY MORNING ENGAGEMENT APRIL 19, 1775. THE BACK OF THE MEMORIAL CONTAINS THE NAMES OF ALL KNOW MINUTE MEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE APRIL 19, 1775 FIGHTING ON THE LEXINGTON GREEN.

PRINCE ESTABROOK WAS A SLAVE WHO LIVED IN LEXINGTON. AT DAWN ON APRIL 19,1775, HE WAS ONE OF THE LEXINGTON MINUTE MEN AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH REGULARS AT THE BUCKMAN TAVERN. IN THE BATTLE WHICH FOLLOWED, PRINCE ESTABROOK WAS WOUNDED ON LEXINGT ...

THE SITE OF THE OLD BELFRY FROM WHICH THE ALARM WAS RUNG APRIL 19, 1775

SEE ALSO-THIS FLAG POLE REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL