Colonel John Robinson Memorial

A bronze plaque affixed to a small boulder on the west side of the town common facing Boston Road honors Colonel John Robinson. Westford’s highest-ranking officer of the Revolutionary War, Colonel Robinson led the militia companies at the North Bridge in Concord on April 19, 1775 alongside Major John Buttrick. He fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill as second-in-command to Colonel William Prescott of Pepperell and served under General George Washington during the Siege of Boston.

It is inscribed as follows:

A TRIBUTE TO
COLONEL JOHN ROBINSON
1735-1805
WESTFORD CITIZEN AND PATRIOT

“IN 1775 HE DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY COMMANDING
THE CORPS OF SOLDIERS WHO FIRST OPPOSED
THE MENACING ATTEMPTS OF THE BRITISH TROOPS
AT CONCORD BRIDGE.” APRIL 19, 1775

ERECTED BY
WESTFORD COLONIAL MINUTEMEN
1968