Known but unknown, visible yet unseen, interpreted but unintelligible, how do the events of the past intersect with the daily lives of those who live here and contribute to its sense of place?
To provide a foundation for understanding those events and how they have been memorialized throughout time, during the past two years the Heritage Area has undertaken a comprehensive survey of the monuments, memorials and markers within the region with ties to the American Revolution. These include one of the earliest in the country to a woman and perhaps the first in the country to acknowledge the military service of African Americans by name. To date, over two-hundred monuments, memorials, and markers have been inventoried, researched and photographed.
Prince estabrook grave marker
ashby, ma
What began as a framework for exploring collective memory, memorialization, and civic and social engagement in the region has grown in scope to raise fundamental questions about how the seminal events of the past are remembered. A Freedom’s Way 250 initiative, How We Remember: Revolutionary War Monuments, Memorials and Markers in the Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area aspires to:
- Create a publicly accessible repository of the monuments, memorials, and markers with ties to the American Revolution within the Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area (FWNHA) as a record of who was commemorated and how.
- Place the monuments, memorials, and markers within an historical context.
- Lift up untold stories.
- Engage in public dialogue about the Heritage Area’s social and cultural fabric, and the representation of the American Revolution within its communities.
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