{"id":1342,"date":"2024-10-24T16:37:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T16:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/?post_type=monuments&#038;p=1342"},"modified":"2024-11-08T16:42:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T16:42:49","slug":"colonel-john-robinson-memorial","status":"publish","type":"monuments","link":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/monuments\/colonel-john-robinson-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Colonel John Robinson Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bronze plaque affixed to a small boulder on the west side of the town common facing Boston Road honors Colonel John Robinson. <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/communities\/westford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Westford<\/a>\u2019s highest-ranking officer of the Revolutionary War, Colonel Robinson led the militia companies at the North Bridge in Concord on April 19, 1775 alongside Major John Buttrick. He fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill as second-in-command to Colonel William Prescott of <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/communities\/westford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pepperell<\/a> and served under General George Washington during the Siege of Boston.<\/p>\n<p>It is inscribed as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A TRIBUTE TO<br \/>\nCOLONEL JOHN ROBINSON<br \/>\n1735-1805<br \/>\nWESTFORD CITIZEN AND PATRIOT<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cIN 1775 HE DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY COMMANDING<br \/>\nTHE CORPS OF SOLDIERS WHO FIRST OPPOSED<br \/>\nTHE MENACING ATTEMPTS OF THE BRITISH TROOPS<br \/>\nAT CONCORD BRIDGE.\u201d APRIL 19, 1775<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ERECTED BY<br \/>\nWESTFORD COLONIAL MINUTEMEN<br \/>\n1968<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bronze plaque affixed to a small boulder on the west side of the town common facing Boston Road honors Colonel John Robinson. 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