A tragic spot on the outskirts of Lexington

A tragic spot on the outskirts of Lexington

Lexington (Mass.)
Boys -- Massachusetts -- Lexington
Monuments -- Massachusetts -- Lexington
Houses -- Massachusetts -- Lexington

A boy stands facing a stone tracing a finger of the inscription which reads: "At this well April 19 1775 James Hayward of Acton (?)et a British soldier and raising his gun said you are a dead man and so are you replied Hayward both fired the soldier was instantly killed & Hayward mortally wounded." A house stands in the background and some bare trees dot the landscape with a mountains fairly visible in the background.

Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940

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From the Clifton Johnson Collection

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