Mead Stone

Located in West Acton’s Edwards Square, the Mead Stone memorializes two notable town landmarks. The first is an old road reportedly taken by many of Acton’s militia men on April 19, 1775, when they confronted the British in the first battles of the American Revolution. The second is the nearby home site of Captain Isaac Davis.

In raised lettering, the stone’s plaque reads:

THIS PLOT OF LAND
PRESENTED TO THE TOWN OF ACTON BY
GEORGE VARNUM MEAD
AND
EFFIE R. WRIGHT MEAD
1926

THE ROAD ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS LOT WAS THE OLD
INDIAN TRAIL AND FIRST COLONIAL ROAD IN THIS
VICINITY AND CONNECTED ACTON CENTRE WITH STOW –
ON THIS ROAD TRAVELED MANY CITIZEN SOLDIERS ON
THEIR WAY TO CONCORD, APRIL 19, 1775 … ABOUT ONE AND
ONE HALF MILES EAST OF THIS POINT, WAS THE HOME OF
CAPTAIN ISAAC DAVIS.