Isaac Davis Home Site Marker

1895 Acton, MA

39 Hayward Road

Acton, MA

Following the services for the Calvin and Luther Blanchard Memorial Stone on April 19, 1895, a memorial was dedicated at the premises of Charles Wheeler on Hayward Road, recognizing the place that Captain Isaac Davis, a hero of the American Revolution, once called home. The dedication service included an address by the Rev. George F. Clark of West Acton.

Included in Alfred Serano Hudson’s 1899 Commemoration of Calvin and Luther Blanchard, the address implored those in attendance to remember the story of Davis and his “brave associates” as a tale that can never grow old and should be retold “to coming generations, until throughout the entire world the inalienable rights of men of every race and clime shall be guaranteed.”

The corresponding text reads:

DAVIS HOME
THIS FARM WAS THE HOME
OF CAPT. ISAAC DAVIS
WHO WAS KILLED IN BATTLE
BY THE BRITISH AT
THE OLD NORTH BRIDGE
IN CONCORD APRIL 19, TH.
1775.