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This headstone once marked the spot in Woodlawn Cemetery<\/a> where James Hayward, a minute man who fought and died in the Battle of Concord<\/a> on April 19, 1775, was originally laid to rest. In 1851, it was relocated to Acton<\/a>\u2019s town common at the base of the Isaac Davis Monument<\/a> and Hayward\u2019s remains were reinterred within the monument, as were those of Captain Davis<\/a> and Abner Hosmer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The tombstone\u2019s inscription reads:<\/p>\n

In memory of Mr James
\nHayward son of Cap
\nSamuel & Mrs Mary Hayward
\nwho was Killed in Concord
\nfight April 19 th 1775 Aged
\n25 years and 4 days.
\nThis monument may unborn ages tell<\/em>
\nHow brave young Hayward like a Hero fell<\/em>
\nWhen fighting for his Country\u2019s Liberty<\/em>
\nWas slain, & here his Body now doth lye;<\/em>
\nHe & his foe were by each other slain,<\/em>
\nHis victim\u2019s blood with his ye Earth did stain<\/em>
\nUpon ye field he was with victory Croun\u2019d<\/em>
\nAnd yet must yeald his breath upon that ground<\/em>
\nHe exprest his hope in God before his death<\/em>
\nAfter his foe had yielded up his breath<\/em>
\nO may his death a lasting witness lye<\/em>
\nAgainst oppressors bloody cruilty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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