PRINCE ESTABROOK REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: War Memorial Honor Plaques, Panels. Stones (Individuals)
Year Dedicated: 2008
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
PRINCE ESTABROOK WAS A SLAVE WHO LIVED IN LEXINGTON. AT DAWN ON APRIL 19,1775, HE WAS ONE OF THE LEXINGTON MINUTE MEN AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH REGULARS AT THE BUCKMAN TAVERN. IN THE BATTLE WHICH FOLLOWED, PRINCE ESTABROOK WAS WOUNDED ON LEXINGTON GREEN.THROUGH CIRCUMSTANCES AND DESTINY, HE THUS BECAME THE FIRST BLACK SOLDIER TO FIGHT IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF PRINCE ESTABROOK AND THE THOUSANDS OF OTHER COURAGEOUS BLACK PATRIOTS LONG DENIED THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVE.
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