{"id":992,"date":"2024-08-28T19:29:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T19:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/?post_type=monuments&#038;p=992"},"modified":"2024-11-08T13:53:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T13:53:02","slug":"captain-benjamin-mann-bunker-hill-monument","status":"publish","type":"monuments","link":"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/monuments\/captain-benjamin-mann-bunker-hill-monument\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain Benjamin Mann &#038; Bunker Hill Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A monument in <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/communities\/mason\/\">Mason, New Hampshire<\/a> honors the town\u2019s Patriots who fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Among them was Captain Benjamin Mann, who commanded a regiment at the famous battle and served in other Revolutionary War engagements.<\/p>\n<p>Born in <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/communities\/woburn\/\">Woburn, Massachusetts<\/a> about 1740, Mann arrived in Mason around 1771. Active in civic affairs Mann was town moderator upon twelve occasions: town clerk; selectman for six years; representative as a member of the Committee of Public Safety and the town\u2019s first justice of the peace. He was the father-in-law of Samuel Wilson, who later, during the War of 1812, became known as \u201cUncle Sam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Captain Mann\u2019s tavern still stands nearby on Darling Hill Road and currently serves as the town offices and home of the <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/place\/mason-public-library\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mason Public Library<\/a>.\u00a0 The Mason Historical Society erected a monument in Mann\u2019s memory during the <a href=\"https:\/\/s2.designcostaging.com\/clients\/mmm\/stories\/united-states-bicentennial-celebrations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1975 Bicentennial commemorations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A plaque affixed to the stone monument reads:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">1775 \u2013 1975<br \/>\nIN HONOR OF<br \/>\nCAPTAIN BENJAMIN MANN<br \/>\nAND THE MEN WHO WENT<br \/>\nFROM MASON<br \/>\nTO THE BATTLE OF<br \/>\nBUNKER HILL<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MASON HISTORICAL SOCIETY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A monument in Mason, New Hampshire honors the town\u2019s Patriots who fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Among them was Captain Benjamin Mann, who commanded a regiment at the famous battle and served in other Revolutionary War engagements. Born in Woburn, Massachusetts about 1740, Mann arrived in Mason around 1771. 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