Revolutionary War Gravestone Preservation initiative
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The American Revolution began with "the shot heard around the world" in Lexington and Concord on April 19th, 1775. Middleborough was not the site of any battles, but our militia answered the call of Boston and beyond. Massachusetts contributed the most number of soldiers of all the Colonies.
There are 143 Veterans of this war in 15 Middleborough cemeteries. We would like to honor these Veterans by "Preserving their Gravestones". The FoMC did this for our Civil War Veterans. We have the experience. To volunteer for this initiative, contact us. Semiquincentennial - relating to the 250th anniversary of a significant event.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is commemorating these events through the Office of Travel and Tourism. https://massachusetts250.org/ A consortium of organizations working to together to commemorate these events is Revolution250. https://www.revolution250.org The events of April 19th, 1775 lead to the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776, also an event being commemorated. https://america250.org. The war that began with our militia ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on September 3rd, 1783. |
Memento Mori
This Stone is Erected to the Memory of Mr. Seth Cobb Son of Mr. James & Mrs. Susanna Cobb who Died in the Service of his country Janry ye 15th 1778 About 7 Miles from Kings Ferry where his Body Lies Interd In the 21st Year of his Age. His body lies in distant lands. His grave unknown to all his friends. And their in silence it must lay. Until the Resurrection day. |
