Located along the John B. Hudson trial in Arcadia Wildlife Management, this cemetery may have been the Wildcox family cemetery.
They lay so still/faintly smiling/ at the fools around them/quietly toiling
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Old Burying Ground near Harvard Square, 1635
Opened circa 1635 this cemetery sits at the one of the earliest points in Massachusetts history, and indeed in the history of Harvard as well. It also has a wonderful memorial to those men who grabbed their muskets on April 19, 1775 and dashed off to stand up for their rights as free men.
Erected by the city
A. D. 1870
to the memory of
John Hicks
William Marcy
Moses Richardson
Buried here
Jason Russell
Jabez Wyman
Jason Wynship
Buried in Menotomy
Men of Cambridge
Who fell in defense of
the liberty of the people
April 19, 1775
O What a glorious morning is this!
Labels:
cambridge,
Harvard Square,
Massachusetts,
patriots,
Revolutionary War
Monday, October 13, 2014
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge - Sept. 14 2014
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Sunday, September 21, 2014
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