This past Friday April 18th, a group of Somerville veterans placed American flags and remembrance wreaths at 4 sites around the city commemorating the 250th anniversary of historical occurrence’s that took place on April 18th and 19th, 1775 at those locations in recognition of their significance to the start of the American Revolution.
The 4 sites are located on Washington street by the Holiday Inn ( where Paul Revere was briefly captured but then escaped from British soldiers at the start of his midnight ride). On top of Winter Hill at the corner of Broadway and Main Street (site of Paul Revere Park). 139 Elm street at the corner of Willow ave (site of a deadly battle between Patriots and British soldiers on their retreat from Lexington and Concord) and at 197 Washington street (where 65 year old patriot James Miller proclaimed “I’m too old to run” before being shot 13 times by the retreating British).
Somerville has a long and proud history of fighting and sacrifice throughout all of our nations wars, and we thank these veterans for truly never forgetting those who contributed to the battles in our fight for liberty and freedom, even before the birth of our Republic.
