Relief plaque: bronze; Base: granite; Sidewalk: concrete and bronze
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Cambridge Public Works Department 147 Hampshire Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02139
Located Cambridge Common Corner of Massachusetts Avenue & Garden Street Cambridge Massachusetts
Date:
Dedicated April 19, 1975
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
Image on file.
(On relief plaque:) ROUTE OF WILLIAM DAWES/PAST THIS PLACE AT MIDNIGHT, APRIL 18-19, 1775,/RODE AT THE GALLOP WILLIAM DAWES, MEMBER OF/THE ANCIENT & HONORABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY/AND FIRST RIDER TO ALERT THE MINUTEMEN THAT/THE BRITISH WERE MARCHING ON LEXINGTON AND/CONCORD./SPONSORED BY THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM DAWES/ROUTE OF/WILLIAM DAWES/HANOVER STREET,/BOSTON,/TO LEXINGTON (On lower left side of relief plaque:) W. McGeer (Sidewalk is embedded with bronze letters:) ROUTE OF WILLIAM DAWES TO LEXINGTON, APRIL 18-19, 1776 signed
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Summary:
The route that patriot William Dawes took from Boston to Lexington on April 18-19, 1775 to warn of the advancing British troops is symbolized with a concrete sidewalk embedded with twenty-seven bronze horse shoes. A nearby granite marker contains is bronze relief plaque with a topographical map illustrating the route Dawes took to warn that the British were marching on Lexington and Concord.