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On the morning of April 19, 1775, approximately 1,700 British soldiers marched on Lexington<\/a> and Concord<\/a>. Before long, colonial minute and militia companies had forced the opposing side to retreat to Boston. Along the way, the bloodiest skirmish of the day took place in Menotomy (present day Arlington<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Of the 273 casualties suffered by the royal troops on the first day of the war (73 killed, 174 wounded, 26 missing), it is believed that approximately 40 fell in Menotomy. Their bodies were buried in an unmarked mass grave in the Old Burying Ground<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A recent ground penetrating radar study confirmed the location of these soldiers’ final resting place. On September 7, 2024, the Arlington Historical Society, with support from Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area, Arlington 250, and the British and Commonwealth Remembrance Project, dedicated a granite monument in memory of the fallen crown soldiers.<\/p>\n

The inscription on the burial marker side of the monument reads:<\/p>\n

FORTY BRITISH REGULARS DIED IN
\nMENOTOMY ON APRIL 19, 1775
\nAS THEY RETREATED FROM
\nLEXINGTON AND CONCORD…
\nTHEY ARE BURIED HERE
\nIN A MASS GRAVE.<\/p>\n

THEY ANSWERED THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY<\/em><\/p>\n

THEY ARE REMEMBERED AND
\nRESPECTFULLY ACKNOWLEDGED<\/p>\n

DEDICATED SEPTEMBER 2024<\/p>\n

The cenotaph side reads:<\/p>\n

WHETHER BURIED HERE OR
\nELSEWHERE, WITH NAMES
\nKNOWN OR LOST TO
\nHISTORY, THE HUMANITY
\nOF THESE BRAVE MEN IS
\nRESPECTFULLY ACKNOWLEDGED.<\/p>\n

I DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE
\nBODY OF MY DEAR BOY LIES
\nBUT HIS SOUL IS HERE.<\/em><\/p>\n

Learn more about this project on the Arlington Historical Society<\/a>‘s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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