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IN THE REVOLUTION THE FIRST ARMED RESISTANCE TO THE ROYAL AUTHORITY WAS MADE AT THIS BRIDGE 26 FEB 1775 BY THE PEOPLE OF SALEM. THE ADVANCE OF 300 BRITISH TROOPS, LED BY LT. COL. LESLIE AND SENT BY GEN. GAGE TO SEIZE MUNITIONS OF WAR, WAS HERE ARRESTED.

THIS PARK IS DEDICATED BY THE PEOPLE OF ARLINGTON TO THE MEMORY OF COLONIAL MINUTEMEN AND BRITISH SOLDIERS WHO MET HERE IN THE FIRST GREAT BATTLE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. THE VALOR OF ALL THOSE WHO FELL AND THOSE WHO FOUGHT ON, CONSECRATED THE FOOT OF TH ...

SEE ALSO-FORT WASHINGTON WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE B

SEE ALSO-FORT WASHINGTON WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE A

HIS VALOR AND GENIUS CONTRIBUTED LARGELY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE OF THE COLONIES

SEE ALSO-THESE CANNON WERE ABANDONED WAR MEMORIAL CANNONS

SEE ALSO-THESE CANNON WERE ABANDONED WAR MEMORIAL

THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS HAVING TAKEN ALL THE TROOPS OF THE SEVERAL COLONIES, WHICH HAVE BEEN RAISED, FOR THE SUPPORT AND DEFENCE OF THE LIBERTIES OF AMERICA, INTO THEIR PAY AND SERVICE. THEY ARE NOW THE TROOPS OF THE UNITED PROVINCES OF NORTH AMERICA. ...

GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON HAVING TAKEN COMMAND OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED COLONIES AT CAMBRIDGE INSPECTS THE TROOPS NEAR THIS SPOT ON THE FOURTH DAY OF JULY 1775

IN HONOR OF THE TOWNSMEN OF CHELMSFORD IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY GRATEFUL POSTERITY. LT. COL. MOSES PARKER-WOUNDED AT BUNKER HILL JUNE 17, 1775. DIED PRISONER IN BOSTON JULY 4, 1775. CAPT. BENJ. WALKER-WOUNDED AT BUNKER HI ...