Five British soldiers killed during the retreat from Concord on the first day of the American Revolution. Ephraim and Elizabeth Hartwell, who owned the Hartwell Tavern on Battle Road, gave these soldiers a proper burial in Elizabeth's family plot. She was the only mourner at the funeral.
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American War of Independence/Revolutionary War: 1775-1783.
Five British soldiers killed during the retreat from Concord on the first day of the American Revolution. Ephraim and Elizabeth Hartwell, who owned the Hartwell Tavern on Battle Road, gave these soldiers a proper burial in Elizabeth's family plot. She was the only mourner at the funeral.
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American War of Independence/Revolutionary War: 1775-1783.
Inscription
Five
British Soldiers
slain April 19, 1775
were buried here.
Erected by the
Town of Lincoln
1884
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