{"id":2120,"date":"2024-11-14T11:48:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T11:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/?post_type=monuments&#038;p=2120"},"modified":"2024-11-14T11:49:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T11:49:06","slug":"black-soldiers-of-the-american-revolutionary-war-memorial","status":"publish","type":"monuments","link":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/monuments\/black-soldiers-of-the-american-revolutionary-war-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Soldiers of the American Revolutionary War Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On June 28, 2024, the City of Malden, in partnership with Malden Public Library and the Malden Historical Society, unveiled a bronze plaque set in stone to honor the service of free and enslaved Black Soldiers of <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/communities\/malden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Malden<\/a> who served during the Revolutionary War. The ceremony kick-off the city&#8217;s Independence Day celebrations during its 350th anniversary. The original <a href=\"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/monuments\/plaque-at-bell-rock-cemetery-sandy-bank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Revolutionary War Memorial Plaque<\/a> was installed on the opposite side of the entrance gate to Bell Rock Cemetery in 1930 and lists no Black soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>The inscription reads:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BLACK SOLDIERS OF THE<br \/>\nAMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">During the first alarm of April 19, 1775 and throughout<br \/>\nthe American Revolutionary War, many Black men<br \/>\n(free and enslaved) from Malden answered the call<br \/>\nand served in the colonial militia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Today and always, we honor Malden&#8217;s Black soldiers<br \/>\nburied here and elsewhere in unmarked graves who<br \/>\nfought for the cause of liberty and freedom \u2014<br \/>\nthat they themselves could not yet enjoy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Titus Freeman \u2014 1780<br \/>\nCato Green \u2014 1775<br \/>\nSamuel Harden \u2014 1777<br \/>\nPrince Hills \/ Hill \u2014 1775<br \/>\nFortune Holmes \u2014 1777<br \/>\nCharles \/ Charlestown Lynde \u2014 1777<br \/>\nPomp Magos \u2014 1779<br \/>\nJames \/ Bacchus Nichols \u2014 1775<br \/>\nAaron Oliver \u2014 1775<br \/>\nBristol Pratt \u2014 1777<br \/>\nWaterman Randol \u2014 1778<br \/>\nJohn Ranfree \u2014 1781<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Approved by the City of Malden Cemetery<br \/>\nBoard of Trustees, April 12, 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 28, 2024, the City of Malden, in partnership with Malden Public Library and the Malden Historical Society, unveiled a bronze plaque set in stone to honor the service of free and enslaved Black Soldiers of Malden who served during the Revolutionary War. 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