| Paths of the Patriots |
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| We will certainly never identify all the paths the Patriots took. Below you will find some of the places that echo with their footprints. See Paths of Patriots for more information. |
Note: Private residences are only to be viewed from a public way. |
| Venue | Description | |
Bedford Town Common |
Site of the first (1729) and now the second (1816) Meeting House and military training grounds, town pound (1733), school house (1741) and bell tower (1753). | |
| Capt. John Moore Homestead 191 Concord Road 1680 private |
Home of Capt. John Moore, commander of the Bedford Militia, which mustered here on the morning of April 19th, in preparation for their march to Concord to join the Bedford Minutemen at Merriam's Corner. | |
| Capt. Jonathan Wilson Homestead 261 Old Billerica Road 1761 private |
The home of Capt. Jonathan Wilson, commander of the Bedford Minutemen, who led his men into the battle of Concord where he was the only Bedford soldier killed on April 19, 1775. Additions to the current structure make it difficult to tell how much, if any, of the original house remains. | |
| Christopher Page Homestead 2 Meyers Place 1735 private |
Home of Sargent Christopher Page, brother of Nathaniel and a Minuteman, who fought in Concord on April 19, 1775. | |
| David Lane Homestead 137 North Road 1781 private |
Home of David Lane, sixteen-year-old fifer of the Bedford Militia, who marched to Concord on April 19, 1775. | |
| Domine Manse 110 The Great Road 1730 |
Home of John Reed, senior Bedford patriot, who secretly convened the Committee of Correspondence and Safety and represented Bedford at several Provincial Congresses. The house was also formerly the residence of Bedford's first minister, Nicholas Bowes. | |
| Eleazer Davis's Homestead 255 Davis Road 1696 private |
Home of Lt. Eleazer Davis of the Bedford Militia who fought at the battle of Concord on April 19, 1775. | |
| Kidder-Fitch Homestead (Tavern) 12 The Great Road 1710 private |
The oldest building in the town center. The Tavern, built by Benjamin Kidder and later owned by Jeremiah Fitch, is where the Bedford Militia and Minutemen met for breakfast before their march to Concord on April 19, 1775. | |
| Job Lane House 295 North Road 1713 public |
Built by Deacon Job Lane, one of the town's founders and home of his son Job Lane, Jr., member of the Bedford Militia, who was severely wounded at the battle of Concord on April 19, 1775. | |
| Lt. Timmothy Jones House 321 Concord Road 1775 private |
Home of Lt. Timothy Jones, member of the Bedford Minutemen who fought at the battle of Concord on April 19, 1775. | |
Nathaniel Page Homestead |
Home of Nathaniel Page who received the warning from Lexington couriers early in the morning of April 19, 1775 and alerted the townspeople that British troops were on the march. As Cornet of the Minutemen, he carried the Bedford flag at the Concord battle. | |
| Oliver Pollard Homestead 197 North Road 1740 private |
Home of Oliver Pollard, Jr., a member of the Bedford Militia who fought in the battle at Concord on April 19, 1775. | |
| The Old Burying Ground 7 Springs Road 1729 public |
Bedford's first cemetery with gravestones of approximately 400 early citizens (of about 1,400 thought to be buried here). Forty-three soldiers of the Revolution including three former slaves are interred here and memorialized on a plaque. | |
| Wheeler-Page Homestead 445 Concord Road 1695 private |
Built by Richard Wheeler, one of the town founders, and later became the home of William Page, member of the Bedford Militia who fought at Concord on April 19, 1775. | |
Wilson Park |
After their breakfast at the Fitch Tavern, the Bedford Minutemen, under the command of Capt. Jonathan Wilson, mustered here in preparation for their march along Concord Road to meet the Bedford Militia at Merriam's Corner in Concord. An annual Pole Capping ceremony held each spring still honors Revolutionary resistance to tyranny. | |
| Wheeler-Page Homestead 145 Davis Road 1773 private |
Sergeant Ebenezer Fitch, son of Zachariah, was a Bedford minutemen who fought at Concord on April 19, 1775. | |
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