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A single pyramidical block on a square granite base in Lexington\u2019s Old Burying Ground<\/a> honors Captain John Parker at the approximate location where his body was buried when he died on September 17, 1775 at 46 years of age.<\/p>\n

Described in the 1884 Report of the Lexington Committee on Monuments and Tablets<\/em> as a, \u201cplain, substantial monument in keeping with the character of the man,\u201d the monument cost $107, exclusive of the foundation, lettering, and gilding.<\/p>\n

Parker was born in Lexington<\/a> on July 13, 1729. A farmer, mechanic, and town officer, he served as the militia captain for the Town of Lexington, placing him at the center of events on April 19, 1775. Parker reportedly told his militia: \u201cStand your ground. Don\u2019t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.\u201d When a shot rang out, from unknown origins, both sides began firing. Eight of Parker\u2019s men, including his cousin Jonas Parker, were killed. Another ten were wounded.<\/p>\n

After the British proceeded to Concord<\/a>, the Lexington militia regrouped along the road the British would take on their way back to Boston. \u201cParker\u2019s Revenge,\u201d the site where the militia men lay in wait to ambush the British, was located and mapped by National Park Service archaeologists in 2017. The ambush was part of the long string of attacks by colonial militias along what is now referred to as the Battle Road that inflicted heavy casualties, killing 79 British soldiers and wounding 174.<\/p>\n

Although there are no known likenesses of him, Henry H. Kitson\u2019s Minute Man Statue<\/a>, erected in 1900, is said to be modeled after Parker.<\/p>\n

The inscription reads:<\/p>\n

TO THE
\nMEMORY
\nOF
\nCAPT JOHN PARKER
\nBORN JULY 13 1729
\nCOMMANDER OF THE MINUTE MEN
\nAPRIL 19 1775
\nDIED SEPTEMBER 17 1775
\nTHE TOWN ERECTS THIS MEMORIAL
\n1884<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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