Benjamin Wellington Historical Marker

An historical granite marker with a bronze plaque in Lexington commemorates the tenacity of Benjamin Wellington, a local Patriot of the American Revolution. Even when an unlucky encounter with British troops on April 19, 1775 cost him his musket, Wellington joined his fellow minute men on the town common with another one on loan. The marker recounts these events and notes his later service during the Revolutionary War:

NEAR THIS SPOT,
AT EARLY DAWN, ON THE
19TH OF APRIL 1775
BENJAMIN WELLINGTON,
A MINUTE MAN,
WAS SURPRISED BY BRITISH
SCOUTS AND DISARMED.
WITH UNDAUNTED COURAGE
HE BORROWED ANOTHER GUN AND
HASTENED TO JOIN HIS COMRADES
ON LEXINGTON GREEN.
HE ALSO SERVED HIS COUNTRY
AT WHITE PLAINS AND
SARATOGA.
THE FIRST ARMED MAN
TAKEN IN THE REVOLUTION