{"id":1354,"date":"2024-10-24T19:54:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T19:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/?post_type=monuments&#038;p=1354"},"modified":"2024-11-08T17:09:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T17:09:08","slug":"colonel-william-prescott-memorial-stone","status":"publish","type":"monuments","link":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/monuments\/colonel-william-prescott-memorial-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"Colonel William Prescott Memorial Stone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A stone marker at the corner of Main Street and Old Ayer Road in <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/communities\/groton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Groton<\/a> indicates the former location of the house Colonel William Prescott was born in and commemorates his role in the American Revolution. As an adult, Prescott resided in neighboring <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/communities\/pepperell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pepperell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Colonel Prescott most famously led the American troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775. The monument was erected by the Town in the fall of 1879. It was officially dedicated (alongside the site of the town&#8217;s original meetinghouse and the site of the Longley homestead) on the anniversary of Prescott&#8217;s birthday, February 20, 1880, in a ceremony featuring an address by Dr. Samuel Abbot Green.<\/p>\n<p>The inscription on the marker reads:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">COLONEL WILLIAM PRESCOTT<br \/>\nCOMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN FORCES<br \/>\nAT THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL<br \/>\nWAS BORN ON THE 20TH OF FEBRUARY 1726<br \/>\nIN A HOUSE WHICH STOOD<br \/>\nNEAR THIS SPOT<\/p>\n<p>A bronze statue of Colonel Prescott sculpted by William Wetmore Storey was erected next to the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown and dedicated in 1881.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A stone marker at the corner of Main Street and Old Ayer Road in Groton indicates the former location of the house Colonel William Prescott was born in and commemorates his role in the American Revolution. 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