House and Farm of Colonel James Barrett
House and Farm of
Colonel James Barrett.
Commanding Officer
of the Middlesex Militia
On the morning of April 19, 1775, the British march from Boston which resulted in the outbreak of the Revolutionary War ended here with a search for military stores. Gun carriages found by the light infantry were burned in front of the house. Other weapons and supplies were successfully concealed in the attic of the house, in furrows plowed near the farmyards and in spruce hollow behind the house.
Erected by the Old Concord Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
April 19, 1961
Marker is at the intersection of Barretts Mill Road and Strawberry Hill Road, on the right when traveling west on Barretts Mill Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
