Historical Significance

The park commemorates the local minute men that were summoned from this spot at the opening battles of the American Revolution on April 19, 1775, by protecting, preserving and interpreting the significant historic sites, landscapes, events and ideas embodied by these events.

 

Historical Marker

"From this boulder the minute men of Pepperell were called to join Col. Prescott at Groton on April 19, 1775," by Captain Edmund Bancroft and his son Luther. Marker placed by Grace Greenhalgh, in Memory of her mother Lucy Bancroft Page July 26, 1926 NSDAR.

 

Funding

Funding is provided through the Prudence Wright Chapter members for mowing the grass and tree pruning.

 

Physical Condition

• Property: Preserve

 

Tourism

• Open to the Public
• Family Friendly
• Public Hours: Dawn to Dusk 
• Admission: Free