{"id":1327,"date":"2024-10-23T19:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T19:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/?post_type=monuments&p=1327"},"modified":"2024-11-11T20:22:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T20:22:43","slug":"westford-war-memorial","status":"publish","type":"monuments","link":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/monuments\/westford-war-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Westford War Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Westford\u2019s War Memorial is sited on the town common as a tribute to the local residents who served in the nation\u2019s major military conflicts through World War I.<\/p>\n

The memorial features a bronze sculpture of a bald eagle perched atop an octagonal base. Each facet of the base bears a bronze plaque. Six of the nation\u2019s major periods of conflict are represented: the Pioneer and Colonial Period, the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and the First World War.<\/p>\n

The side dedicated to the Revolutionary War, detailed below, recognizes Westford<\/a>\u2019s contributions.<\/p>\n

REVOLUTIONARY WAR
\n1775 \u2013 1783
\nAT THE ALARM ON THE
\nMORNING OF APRIL 19, 1775,
\nTHREE COMPANIES OF
\nMINUTE MEN MARCHED
\nFROM WESTFORD UNDER
\nTHE COMMAND OF CAPT.
\nTIMOTHY UNDERWOOD,
\nCAPT. JONATHAN MINOT
\nAND CAPT. OLIVER BATES.
\nFROM THIS CALL UNTIL
\nTHE SURRENDER OF THE
\nBRITISH AT YORKTOWN
\nEIGHT YEARS LATER,
\nWESTFORD MEN RISKED
\nALL FOR CIVIL LIBERTY.
\nTHEY SERVED IN COUNCIL
\nAND BATTLE, UPON COM-
\nMITTEES OF SAFETY AND
\nIN COMMAND OF TROOPS.
\nHIGHEST RANK WAS HELD
\nBY LT. COL. JOHN ROBINSON
\nOF PRESCOTT\u2019S REGIMENT
\nWHO WITHSTOOD THE FIRST
\nSHOCK OF BRITISH TROOPS
\nAT CONCORD BRIDGE, AND
\nAT BUNKER HILL HE STOOD
\nIN THE FRONT, \u201cIN SHAPE AND
\nGESTURE PROUDLY EMINENT.\u201d
\nTWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY
\nMEN SERVED
\nTHIRTY-FIVE MEN DIED.<\/p>\n

On one of its two remaining sides, the monument offers a few words of dedication to all those who served generally:<\/p>\n

THE TOWN
\nOF
\nWESTFORD
\nDEDICATES THIS
\nMEMORIAL TO THE
\nMEN AND WOMEN
\nWHO SERVED
\nTHEIR COUNTRY
\nFROM THE PIONEERS
\nDOWN THROUGH THE
\nWORLD WAR.
\nLOVE OF FREEDOM
\nLINKED THE GENERATIONS.<\/p>\n

The last bronze plaque includes a quote from Daniel Webster\u2019s famous January 26, 1830 Senate speech, offering a reflection on freedom and solidarity:<\/p>\n

\u201cLIBERTY AND UNION
\nNOW AND FOREVER
\nONE AND
\nINSEPARABLE.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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