{"id":728,"date":"2024-08-16T09:56:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T09:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/?post_type=monuments&#038;p=728"},"modified":"2024-11-11T16:34:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T16:34:53","slug":"hayward-well-monument","status":"publish","type":"monuments","link":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/monuments\/hayward-well-monument\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayward Well Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hayward Well Monument honors <a href=\"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/monuments\/james-hayward-home-site-memorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Hayward<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/communities\/acton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acton<\/a> who fought under the command of Captain Isaac Davis. Hayward was among the colonial forces that pursued the retreating British regulars from <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/communities\/concord\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Concord<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/place\/north-bridge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Bridge<\/a> into <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/communities\/lexington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lexington<\/a>, where Hayward fell in battle. According to the monument\u2019s inscription, the young man offered some bold words during an exchange with the British soldier who shot him:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">AT THIS WELL<br \/>\nAPRIL 19 1775<br \/>\nJAMES HAYWARD OF ACTON<br \/>\nMET A BRITISH SOLDIER<br \/>\nWHO RAISING HIS GUN SAID<br \/>\nYOU ARE A DEAD MAN<br \/>\nAND SO ARE YOU REPLIED HAYWARD<br \/>\nBOTH FIRED THE SOLDIER<br \/>\nWAS INSTANTLY KILLED<br \/>\n&amp; HAYWARD MORTALLY WOUNDED<\/p>\n<p>While difficult to know how much of this story is embellished, it has become a part of patriotic folklore.<\/p>\n<p>Originally buried at <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/place\/acton-woodlawn-cemetery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Woodlawn Cemetery<\/a> in Acton, Hayward\u2019s remains were reinterred in the <a href=\"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/monuments\/isaac-davis-monument\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaac Davis Monument<\/a> on Acton\u2019s town common in 1851.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hayward Well Monument honors James Hayward from Acton who fought under the command of Captain Isaac Davis. 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