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An historical granite marker with a bronze plaque in Lexington<\/a> commemorates the tenacity of Benjamin Wellington, a local Patriot of the American Revolution. Even when an unlucky encounter with British troops on April 19, 1775 cost him his musket, Wellington joined his fellow minute men on the town common<\/a> with another one on loan. The marker recounts these events and notes his later service during the Revolutionary War:<\/p>\n

NEAR THIS SPOT,
\nAT EARLY DAWN, ON THE
\n19TH OF APRIL 1775
\nBENJAMIN WELLINGTON,
\nA MINUTE MAN,
\nWAS SURPRISED BY BRITISH
\nSCOUTS AND DISARMED.
\nWITH UNDAUNTED COURAGE
\nHE BORROWED ANOTHER GUN AND
\nHASTENED TO JOIN HIS COMRADES
\nON LEXINGTON GREEN.
\nHE ALSO SERVED HIS COUNTRY
\nAT WHITE PLAINS AND
\nSARATOGA.
\nTHE FIRST ARMED MAN
\nTAKEN IN THE REVOLUTION<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An historical granite marker with a bronze plaque in Lexington commemorates the tenacity of Benjamin Wellington, a local Patriot of the American Revolution. Even when an unlucky encounter with British troops on April 19, 1775 cost him his musket, Wellington joined his fellow minute men on the town common with another one on loan. 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