{"id":1063,"date":"2024-09-13T21:06:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T21:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/?post_type=monuments&#038;p=1063"},"modified":"2024-11-12T21:41:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T21:41:42","slug":"francis-barker-memorial-stone","status":"publish","type":"monuments","link":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/monuments\/francis-barker-memorial-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis Barker Memorial Stone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Francis Barker Memorial Stone, located in Acton\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/place\/acton-woodlawn-cemetery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Woodlawn Cemetery<\/a>, recognizes this militia drummer for his role in the unit of <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/communities\/acton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acton<\/a> Minutemen commanded by Captain Isaac Davis during the Battles of <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/communities\/lexington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lexington<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/communities\/concord\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Concord<\/a>. Barker\u2019s service extended into subsequent battles, including the Battle of Bunker Hill, which occurred just weeks later on June 17, 1775.<\/p>\n<p>The inscription on the memorial reads:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MEMORIAL<br \/>\nFRANCIS BARKER<br \/>\nSOLDIER OF REVOLUTION<br \/>\n1756 \u2013 1805<br \/>\nHISTORICAL<br \/>\nFRANCIS BARKER AS DRUMMER LUTHER BLANCHARD<br \/>\nAS FIFER, PLAYED THE WHITE COCKADE IN CAPT.<br \/>\nISAAC DAVIS CO. OF MINUTE-MEN FROM ACTON THAT<br \/>\nLED FIRST ORGANIZED COLUMN THAT RETURNED<br \/>\nFIRE ON TROOPS OF KING GEORGE III AT<br \/>\nNORTH BRIDGE CONCORD, MASS.<br \/>\nAPRIL 19, 1775.<\/p>\n<p>Without any kind of headstone or grave marker to acknowledge Barker\u2019s final resting place, a group comprised of members of the Sons of the American Revolution and the Acton Cadet Band commissioned the monument in 1903\u2014nearly a century after the drummer\u2019s death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Francis Barker Memorial Stone, located in Acton\u2019s Woodlawn Cemetery, recognizes this militia drummer for his role in the unit of Acton Minutemen commanded by Captain Isaac Davis during the Battles of Lexington and Concord. 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