{"id":748,"date":"2024-10-18T10:53:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T10:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/?post_type=monuments&#038;p=748"},"modified":"2024-11-13T22:03:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T22:03:23","slug":"revolutionary-war-memorial-drum","status":"publish","type":"monuments","link":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/monuments\/revolutionary-war-memorial-drum\/","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionary War Memorial Drum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Local artist and <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/communities\/westford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Westford<\/a> firefighter David P. Christiana created this memorial to honor the 280 men who represented Westford, Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War, including Colonel John Robinson, who assisted with the command of the troops at the North Bridge, on April 19, 1775, and served under George Washington during the Siege of Boston. The memorial features a bronze battle drum and flag which sit atop a flat surfaced boulder,<\/p>\n<p>Unveiled on July 7, 2021, the inscription on the drum reads:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THIS MEMORIAL BATTLE DRUM IS DEDICATED TO THOSE<br \/>\nMINUTEMEN &amp; MILITIA OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY WHO FIRST<br \/>\nOPPOSED THE BRITISH REGULARS IN THE HISTORIC BATTLE AT<br \/>\nTHE NORTH BRIDGE IN CONCORD MASSACHUSETTS ON<br \/>\nAPRIL 19, 1775.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MAJ JOHN BUTTRICK OF CONCORD, LT. COL. JOHN ROBINSON<br \/>\nOF WESTFORD &amp; CAPT. ISAAC DAVIS OF ACTON LED THEIR<br \/>\nMEN TO THE BRIDGE THAT BRITISH REGULARS HAS TAKEN<br \/>\nAND GUARDED. THE REGULARS FIRED ON THE AMERICANS<br \/>\nKILLING CAPT. DAVIS AND PVT. HOSMER.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THE AMERICANS BATTLED BACK TAKING THE BRIDGE<br \/>\nFORCING A BRITISH RETREAT. MORE MIDDLESEX MEN<br \/>\nBATTLED BRITISH REGULARS IN A RUNNING FIGHT TO<br \/>\nCHARLESTOWN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bronze battle drum atop a flat surfaced boulder, the Revolutionary War Memorial Drum Monument recognizes the 280 men who represented Westford, MA during the Revolutionary War, through a contemporary lens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-748","monuments","type-monuments","status-publish","hentry","city_town-westford-ma"],"acf":{"banner_image":1579,"listing_thumbnail":1578,"listing_thumbnail_caption":"","year":"2021","location":"Westford Historical Society & Museum, Westford, MA","address":"2 Boston Road","time_period":"1975 - Today","town":"Westford, MA","state":"MA","gallery":[{"image":2020,"caption":"","image_layout":"Portrait","content":"Image courtesy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/museum.westford.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Westford Historical Society &amp; Museum<\/a>"},{"image":1579,"caption":"","image_layout":"Portrait","content":""},{"image":1578,"caption":"","image_layout":"Portrait","content":""}],"one_sentence_description":"","display_on_story_page":"Yes","status":"Active","latitude":"42.580541422816324","longitude":"-71.4378536358305","map_url":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Revolutionary War Memorial Drum - Monuments Memorials &amp; 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