{"id":725,"date":"2024-08-16T09:47:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T09:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/?post_type=monuments&#038;p=725"},"modified":"2024-11-06T22:19:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T22:19:37","slug":"old-men-of-menotomy-marker","status":"publish","type":"monuments","link":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/monuments\/old-men-of-menotomy-marker\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Men of Menotomy Marker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Old Men of Menotomy Marker commemorates the group of twelve \u201cold men\u201d considered unfit for military duty, who met at Cooper\u2019s Tavern in what is now <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/communities\/arlington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arlington<\/a> and formulated a plan to capture a British convoy carrying supplies to <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/communities\/lexington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lexington<\/a> on April 19, 1775.<\/p>\n<p>Led by David Lamson, a Patriot of African and Native American descent described by Revolutionary War historian John Bell in a March 11, 2020 blog post titled, \u201cDavid Lamson: A Middle-Aged Man of Menotomy,\u201d as, \u201ca man of undoubted bravery and determination,&#8221; the \u201cOld Men of Menotomy\u201d hid behind a bank wall of earth and stones and ambushed the British as they approached.<\/p>\n<p>According to George Quintal in the 2004 National Park Service study <em>Patriots of Color<\/em>, Lamson was likely born circa 1740 and served in the French and Indian War. Thus, as Bell further notes, he was exempt from militia training not because of his age, but on account of his skin color.<\/p>\n<p>The marker, which was installed in 1878, reads:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">AT THIS SPOT<br \/>\nON APRIL 19, 1775<br \/>\nTHE OLD MEN OF MENOTOMY<br \/>\nCAPTURED A CONVOY OF<br \/>\nEIGHTEEN SOLDIERS WITH SUPPLIES<br \/>\nON ITS WAY TO JOIN<br \/>\nTHE BRITISH AT LEXINGTON.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Old Men of Menotomy Marker commemorates the group of twelve \u201cold men\u201d considered unfit for military duty, who met at Cooper\u2019s Tavern in what is now Arlington and formulated a plan to capture a British convoy carrying supplies to Lexington on April 19, 1775. 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