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Members of the DAR gathered for the unveiling of a new
Historical Marker on Sept 20th. Kathryn Kingsbury, of the Col.
Timothy Bigelow Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution read
the following poem that she wrote for the dedication of the plaque.
A SPECIAL
DAY
IN
WORCESTER
–
SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

A
NEW
PLAQUE ON LINCOLN SQUARE
IS WELCOMED BY
EACH
DAR
MEMBER
IT SHOWS THE
SITE
OF TIMOTHY BIGELOW’S HOME
AN AMERICAN
PATRIOT THAT WE REMEMBER
A BLACKSMITH
SHOP
WAS LOCATED HERE
AS THIS WAS
BIGELOW’S TRADE
WITH HIS WIFE
ANNA
AND
HIS CHILDREN
HE LIVED,
WORKED
AND
PRAYED
WE HONOR
COLONEL TIMOTHY BIGELOW
WHO SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
A LEADER OF THE
MINUTE MEN ON
WORCESTER
COMMON
HIS LOVE OF
COUNTRY WE CHERISH
AND
ADORE
HOW PROUD WE
ARE
TO BE AMERICANS
TO REMEMBER A
WORCESTER
VETERAN TODAY
WHO FOUGHT FOR
OUR
INDEPENDENCE
WHOSE PATRIOTIC
SPIRIT WILL WITH
US
STAY
by
KBK
WHO
IS TIMOTHY BIGELOW OF
WORCESTER
,
MASSACHUSETTS
·
A self-educated man
who learned through many hours of reading and studying
·
A blacksmith who
gave up his trade to fight for freedom and help to establish the
United States
as an independent nation
·
The Colonel of the
15th
Massachusetts
Regiment of the Continental Army who trained his troops on
Worcester
Common
·
An important
military hero whose 25 foot gothic style monument on
Worcester
Common was dedicated on April 19, 1861 and rededicated on May 1, 2008
·
An American Patriot
who was one of
Worcester
’s first military heroes and the first veteran to have a monument in
Worcester
to honor his service to our country
·
A believer in
freedom who smuggled the Isaiah Thomas Printing Press from Boston to
Worcester with the help of Dr. Joseph Warren, another Revolutionary
Patriot
·
A member of the
Continental Army who has a mountain in
New Hampshire
named in his honor.
Bigelow
Mountain
is on the
Appalachian Trail
near
Flagstaff
Lake
·
The man that the
Colonel Timothy Bigelow Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution
(DAR)
named their chapter in honor of in 1899.
The Nancy Bigelow Society Children of
the
American Revolution is named in honor of
his oldest daughter Nancy
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