The Patriots' Monument

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Bàred tn Liberty & the Kiyhts af s.ankind": Th. Feeedom& Independ:nce ot.A riea. aled &defended with the blbod of her sons, The Monumen is erceted R. che inhabitants of 1erington, I'nderthr patronagea the epener. of The Commonw ealth of Massachusetts. To she memory of their Fellow (itizens. Ensign 1abert. Yoenrar Me Junas l'arker Sumuel Hudley. Janulhan Harrington Ju Aaur. Yu:y lalch Harringhn and J.huBra" or Lesington *. kuhelParter of Wi.burn. Who fell nu this field. the first Vietims te the Sword of British Tyranny& Oppresn. On the morning ofthe ever memora1.le Nineteenth of April. An. Dom li i.i. The Dic was east" The Blood of thest Martyrs. In the eause af fond e their Country. Was the Cement of the l'nion of these States then Colonies: dgase the spring to the spiri Firmness And resolution of their Fellow Citizens. They rose as one man to revenge their brethren's Blood and at the poineof the swword to assert e Defend their native Rights. They nobly dar'd to be free " The contest was long. hloody eaffeeting: Righteous Hearen approsed the sulemn appeal Vietory crowned their arms: and The Peaee Liberty eIndependence of theUuited tates of Inerica,was their glorious Reward. Ru in Ihe y ar HAD.

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B1836 THE PATRIOTS' MONUMENT LEXINGTON, MASS. This commemorates the events of that fateful day of April 19, 1775, when was fired "the Shot heard around the World." It honors those Patriots who fell in the battle, and is the first Revolutionary monument erected in Americae TI? JOHN ALAMS 1797 - 1801 RAM CENTS 2 7943 dome ago ihs time to MX4971. Henduen Bolån lönetites mellitus We left home odays LE Set. 6/03 tine we are we are rood weave fring "COLOUR PICTURE" PUBLICATION, BOSTON 15, MASS., U. S. A. Mit mas J. Duain More 35 33 Heathuraust Madises, Wisconsin