The Acton Minutemen

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="176d8c00dduajq.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="id140_the_isaac_davis_trail_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Isaac Davis Trail"><U><B>The Isaac Davis Trail </B></U></A></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="5bc926f0.jpg" border=0 width="146" height="111" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Timeline</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#33FFFF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><U>A</U></B></I></FONT><I><B><U>pril 19, 1775</U></B></I><I><B><U> </U></B></I><I><B>-</B></I><B> </B><B>Capt. Davis marched with his minute men to the Concord Bridge</B></div> <div> <I><B><U>April 19, 1897</U></B></I><I><B> </B></I><B>-  Mrs. Daniel Lothrop, Founder of the National Society, Children of the American Revolution in had announced a survey of the Line of March on as </B><I><B>"too important to American History ever to be forgotten,"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B><U>April 19, 1925</U></B></I><B> - In honor of the 150th anniversary of the battle at  the Concord Bridge the line of march of  Capt. Isaac Davis and the minutemen from Acton was first retraced.</B></div> <div> <I><B><U>April 19, 1957</U></B></I><I><B><U>-</U></B></I><I><B> Nine</B></I><B>  Boy Scouts of Acton's Troop 1 set out from Capt. Davis homestead retracing the six and half mile line of march of Capt. Isaac Davis and 38 Acton Minute Men</B></div> <div> <I><B><U>April 19, 1959</U></B></I><I><B><U> </U></B></I><I><B>-</B></I><I><B> </B></I><B>T</B><B>he Capt.  Isaac Davis Chapter of  the Daughters of the American Revolution recognize the historical significant of the march and  design a scroll to present to all who march the trail</B></div> <div> <I><B><U>April 19. 1963</U></B></I><I><B> - </B></I><B>The reactivated  Acton Minutemen Company first retraced the line of march of the Isaac Davis Co.</B></div> <div> <I><B><U>April 11, 1972</U></B></I><I><B>-</B></I><I><B> </B></I><B>The Isaac Davis Trail was l</B><B>isted on National Register of Historic Places</B></div> <div> <I><B><U>April 16, 2007</U></B></I><B> </B><B>celebrates the </B><B>50th </B><B>Anniversary of the marching of  the Isaac Davis Trail</B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>The History & Lineage of the Acton MinuteMen </B></div> <div> <A HREF="id22_catch_the_spirit_of_acton___1775.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U><B>Spirit of Acton - 1775</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Colonna MT" ><B> - Celebrate Patriot's Day Weekend in Acton - April 14-16. 2007</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>A work in progress of the colonial history of the Town of Acton, the lineage of the men who served as Acton Minutemen and in Acton's East and West Militia Companies</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id100.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Acton Genealogies"><U><B>Acton Genealogies</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="April 19, 1775"><U><B>April 19, 1775</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Acton Minutemen and Militia Companies "><U><B>Acton Minutemen and Militia Companies </B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id141.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Crown Resistance Day"><U><B>Crown Resistance Day</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id140.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Isaac Davis Trail"><U><B>Isaac Davis Trail</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History of Patriots Day"><U><B>History of Patriot's Day</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Town of Acton"><U><B>Town of Acton</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Landmarks"><U><B>Landmarks</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Davis Monument"><U><B>Davis Monument</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cemeteries"><U><B>Cemeteries</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stories, Poems and Songs"><U><B>Stories, Poems and Songs</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Resources"><U><B>Resources</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U><B>Related Links</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U><B>Contact Me</B></U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <IMG SRC="4480c2e0.jpg" border=0 width="268" height="302" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This is a photograph of the Daniel Chester French statue of the Minuteman with the Revolutionary Monument </div> <div> at Acton Center in the Spring of 1975. The Statue was removed from Concord by the Acton Monument Company </div> <div> and is shown here in transit to Boston to have a mold made<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Century Schoolbook" >.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Welcome</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Brush Script MT" >  </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Matura MT Script Capitals" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Caslon Antique" ><B> </B></FONT> My English ancestors came to this country 385 years ago. They arrived on the Mayflower and helped settle the Plymouth Colony. During the decades that followed they helped form the Massachusetts Bay Colony and eventually moved west settling in Concord and Acton. There my ancestors became Minutemen and fought and died in the Revolutionary War along with many others descendants of other American families (perhaps your ancestors).</div> <bR> <div>      Over the years that have followed my family has moved about Massachusetts (and out of it for short periods of time) but we usually return to Massachusetts and particularly to Acton to bury our dead. </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >      This site is dedicated to the Minutemen and the Town of Acton, the Woodlawn & Forest Cemeteries and those that are buried there.</FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >                   </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Caslon Antique" > </FONT>       </div> <div>                                              <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Viner Hand ITC" >Linda</FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <img src="http://cgibin.rcn.com/cgi-bin/Count.cgi?df=greenela&ft=0&tr=N&dd=C&md=6">  </div> <div> Patriots who have visited this site</div> <bR> <div> <B> <embed src="HTMLobj-702/whitcock_1_.mid" autostart="true" loop="true" hidden="true">  </B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>