Watertown Library Photograph Collection - Monuments and Historical Markers

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	Slate marker commemorating George Washington's passing by this place in 1775. Located at corner of Common and Mount Auburn Streets. Erected by the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts in 1914.
	Granite tablet marking Sir Richard Saltonstall's landing in 1630. Located at the traffic circle in Watertown Square. Text: “Sir Richard's Landing. Here at the river's edge the settlers of Watertown led by Sir Richard Saltonstall landed July 30, 1630. Here Reverend George Phillips' protest in 1632 against taxation without representation struck the first note of civil liberty heard in this wilderness. All of the territory from Sparks Street to Mount Auburn bridge, originally a part of Watertown, was annexed to Cambridge in 1754. Erected by the Historical Society in 1948.”
	The Founder's Monument featuring Sir Richard Saltonstall and bas-reliefs of Roger Clap's landing and the antitax protest. Built in 1935 with money raised by G. Fred Robinson. Designed by Henry Hudson Kitson. Located near the intersection of Charles River Road and Riverside Street.
	Historical boundary marker on Mount Auburn Street, just east of the Cambridge/Watertown boundary. “1630 – 1930. Cambridge. Location chosen in 1630 to be the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Settled in 1631 under leadership of Thomas Dudley and called the New Town. The college ordered to be here, 1637. Name changed to Cambridge after the English university town, 1638. Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission.”
	Memorial Day observation at Joseph Coolidge Monument in the old burying ground at the corner of Arlington and Mount Auburn Streets. Monument text: Joseph Coolidge, born June 18, 1730. Killed in the battle at Lexington, April 19, 1775. The only citizen of Watertown who fell on that day.”
	Memorial Day observation at Joseph Coolidge Monument in the old burying ground at the corner of Arlington and Mount Auburn Streets. Representative from the American Legion reading with Boy Scouts in the background. Monument text: Joseph Coolidge, born June 18, 1730. Killed in the battle at Lexington, April 19, 1775. The only citizen of Watertown who fell on that day.”
	Memorial to Justice Robbins Curtis, Watertown Square, 1930.
	Thomas Mayhew marker on River Parkway at intersection of Riverside Street and Charles River Road.
	Stone Brothers Monument, honoring the Stone Brothers, early Watertown settlers, sons of David and Ursula Stone. Born in Great Bromley, county of Essex, England, emigrated to New England in 1635, settled in Watertown. Old Burying Ground, Arlington Street.
	Marker commemorating ambush of Capt. Richard Beers and his men near Northfield Sept. 4, 1675.
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