Town Green
Acton, MATradition holds that this stone once marked the spot where American Revolution hero Captain Isaac Davis was killed at the North Bridge during the fateful Battle of Concord.
While no firsthand testimony or later nineteenth century accounts mention the stone, researcher Joel Bohy found a reference to the “revolutionary relic” in a now-missing deposition of David Buttrick. Buttrick’s father worked on the removal and rebuilding of the North Bridge in the 1790s.
The stone was rediscovered during further bridge reconstruction in the 1870s. It was moved to the nearby "Bullet Hole House" where it remained until the Town of Concord gifted the stone to the Town of Acton in 1900.
A plaque was purchased by the Town of Acton at a cost of $31.50 and affixed to the front of the stone. It reads:
ON THIS STONE
CAPTAIN ISAAC DAVIS
FELL AT THE HEAD OF THE ACTON
MINUTE MEN, PIERCED BY A BRITISH
MUSKET-BALL AT OLD NORTH BRIDGE
CONCORD APRIL 19, 1775
PRESENTED BY THE TOWN OF CONCORD TO THE TOWN OF ACTON
APRIL 19, 1900