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As a commander of the Woburn Militia, Major Loammi Baldwin went to Concord<\/a> on April 19, 1775, where he fought at Elm Brook Hill (formerly called the Bloody Angle<\/a>). He later served in the 26th Continental Regiment, rising to the rank of colonel.<\/p>\n

An engineer and inventor, Baldwin supervised the development of the Middlesex Canal and propagated the Baldwin apple, at one time the most popular apple in the world.<\/p>\n

A statue honoring Baldwin is sited close to his former estate alongside remnants of the canal in Woburn<\/a>. The six-foot-tall Loammi Baldwin Statue, created by American sculptor Herbert Adams in 1917 and dedicated on April 19, 1920, rests on a four-foot square pink granite base. It features five bronze plaques that provide a biography of Baldwin\u2019s multi-faceted life.<\/p>\n

The plaque on the front of the monument\u2019s base is inscribed:<\/p>\n

LOAMMI BALDWIN
\nPATRIOT
\nPUBLIC OFFICIAL
\nBORN JANUARY 21, 1745, N.S.
\nIN NORTH WOBURN
\nMASSACHUSETTS
\nDIED OCTOBER 20, 1807<\/p>\n

Below, another plaque is inscribed:<\/p>\n

ERECTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE WILL
\nOF HIS GRANDDAUGHTER
\nCATHERINE RUMFORD GRIFFITH
\nBY HIS GREAT-GRANDSONS ROSWELL PARK
\nLOAMMI FRANKLIN BALDWIN AND BALDWIN COOLIDGE
\nEXECUTORS AND TRUSTEES
\nA.D. MCMXVII<\/p>\n

The plaque on the west side of the base is inscribed:<\/p>\n

A PARTICIPANT WITH THE
\nRANK OF MAJOR
\nIN THE BATTLES OF
\nLEXINGTON AND CONCORD
\nA COLONEL OF
\nTHE 26TH REGIMENT OF
\nTHE CONTINENTAL ARMY
\nWITH GENERAL WASHINGTON
\nDURING THE OCCUPATION
\nOF NEW YORK
\nAND IN THE BATTLE
\nOF TRENTON<\/p>\n

The plaque on the east side of the base is inscribed:<\/p>\n

ONE OF THE PROPRIETORS
\nAND
\nA PRINCIPAL CONSTRUCTOR
\nOF THE MIDDLESEX CANAL
\nA MEMBER OF
\nTHE COMMITTEE TO SIGN
\nTHE PAPER MONEY OF
\nMASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY
\nFIRST SHERIFF OF
\nMIDDLESEX COUNTY
\nUNDER THE STATE CONSTITUTION
\nA LEADER OF AFFAIRS
\nIN WOBURN<\/p>\n

The plaque on the back of the base has the relief image of an apple surrounded by a wreath and is inscribed:<\/p>\n

DISSEMINATOR OF THE APPLE
\nIN HONOR OF HIM CALLED
\nTHE BALDWIN
\nWHICH PROCEEDED FROM A TREE
\nORIGINALLY GROWING WILD
\nABOUT TWO MILES NORTH
\nOF THIS MONUMENT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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