Show 10 00 Oo 0 0 L lexington E X I 1 rl NG T 0 IN A AND kind 0 0 0 0 ITS C COMMON 0 M va 0 nestle 0 0 0 0 0 00 the ot at lexington Lex inston lies lie about ten mileo northwest ot of boston the first settlement was made there in 1640 near the site ito ot of what afterwards became known as a the duckman buckman tay em there still remain in the village several well ell preserved bouses houses which were standing at the time of t the h a bat tic tie ot of lexington year years ago they have been vo wl voa A cared tor for and have undergone little change they a add dd much I 1 to the historic interest of the place and are annually visited by thousands ds i I 1 of tourists the rhe local historical ocleta society has placed tablets on them enumerate enu ing the dates and acts facts of especial interest lexington common Is in la in the form orm of a triangle and hands nearly la in the canter of abe at the time of 0 the fight on april 19 iris 1773 it was an open space and used as a drill ground tor for the militia today it Is a tal park at the tle southern end of the triangle is bat at Is leoan as the pulpit monument in the form of a g ganete adulte pedestal surmounted mounted ur by an open bible this monument stands on the site ut of the first three churches built by the colonists just behind it properly protected ti to a thrifty elm which was set out by oen gen brant 3 5 yare ago on the centennial anniversary of the battle hear the northwest corner of the common Is the minute men mea icon mon ament at the its toot of which ve ae a e buried those killed la in the battle it Is quaint ly inscribed and bears the names of at those whose list let resting place it narks marks in 1921 lafayette was given a public reception in fiort of 0 1 this monument and fourteen tun vor of cap capt parkers Far men shook bands hands with him the northeast corner of the common I 1 Is a hi ill ge go boulder marking the place abee parker a men were drawn up ud engraved on the boulder la Is ii k musket and parkers comand t anand to hia big men the original church on the common had no heple and a belfry was erected bar near br in 1761 a new belfry aas as erected on belfry hill bill jast just to the west of the common froni from this belfry rang out the alarm on ort that memorable meno mena rable a morning IS years ago the beltry belfry remained on the hill bill until 1791 then it was to the common and if its b all II via was used to summon the peo pla to worship to toll for their funerals and to tell them at f a clock each nishat thit that it was time to rake up the E fire fires and go to bed in 1797 it wa was bought bl b a eon son of capt john parker and removed to his hi homestead retraining remaining there for or nearly a century then it wu purchased by the lexington historical society restored to its original appearance appear anee and replaced on belfry hill bill three building ot of great historical Ir terest stand one opposite each 0 of tain three sides tit of the common to th east Is the merriam house known at the time as the buckman tavern the lile tat 10 0 LEXINGTON DELFRY from which rang out the alarm on oil the night of april 18 19 I 1 1775 as warning the americans griat the british soldier soldiers were on their way from boston rendezvous of 0 the minu minutemen minute men it was fired on by the british regular regulars and the bullet holes bole can still be seen to the west of the 00 common it Is tho monroe house built in 1728 A bullet passed through the blau over ever the door and elded itself la in a bureau the bureau bullet and H 14 ts is in the possession of one of monroe descendants at Chi chicopee copee mass at t the he north of the common Is the harrington house at the door d ot of chih the original owner died with his hi hea in hi his life lip the morning of at ap ll 1111 ig ins only cwg northeast ast 0 of the conr com mon inon I 1 is tt amous hancock clark clrk house the or part of tb ilia bow which Is now the rear L as shown 11 1 ala alt illustration was au erected in ac if bi rev john hancock III ilia son built abi th two Atory front in 1731 aft r ret john Ilan cocks death it parsed into the bands of nov donaa dark clark win who bad had married stanco ks grand daugh ter the ministry minli try of john hancock and jonas dark clark extended over a pe e 11 alwill A THE ILAN COCK CLARK ON MAPS of years young john ilan cock and samuel adams were hiding with nev jonas dark clark in th houm when warn warned ed to flee by pail never i M D |