At the left is the first Revolutionary monument to be erected, dedicated to the memory of the men killed at the Battle of Lexington. Their remains are still kept in a tomb at the rear of the granite shaft. Washington and Lafayette both visited this spot.
SPRINGTIME ON THE BATTLE GREEN
The view shows the location of the line where the minutemen made their heroic stand. The First Parish Church, facing the Green, dates from 1847, the previous church having occupied a site on the Common itself.
DOORWAY OF THE JONATHAN HARRINGTON HOUSE
THE HOUSE OF JONATHAN HARRINGTON, LEXINGTON COMMON
Jonathan Harrington, one of the minutemen wounded by British bullets, dragged himself to the doorway of his house facing the Battle Green and died there at his wife’s feet.
