
10mm American Colonial Buildings – 1776 Lexington & Concorde.
Limited game time but an opportunity to get some additional buildings on to the gaming table, a mix of Pendraken and Timecast Models.
located in Lexington, MA, was originally built for John Hancock I, the
grandfather of the patriot John Hancock in 1737. Subsequently, the house was
occupied by Jonas Clarke and his family. It was built on what later became
Hancock Street. On April 19, 1775, just after midnight, Paul Revere
arrived on horseback to inform John Hancock and Sam Adams that “the Regulars
are out,” not the commonly known phrase, “The British are coming.” John Hancock
and Sam Adams, leaders of the colonials, were guests at the Hancock-Clarke
house at this time.
Located on the Bay Road in
Lexington, in 1775 this house was home to Jacob and Elizabeth Whittemore as
well as their daughter, Sarah, her husband Moses Reed, and their three small
children. Neither Jacob nor Moses fought with the Lexington militia on April
19th, although Jacob had trained with it and Moses would volunteer for other
Revolutionary War campaigns. Instead, Jacob and Moses carried Sarah Whittemore
Reed, who was still recovering from the birth of her third child 18 days
earlier, and her children to the relative safety of a nearby woodlot just
before the battle reached their home. To the west of the house, Captain John
Parker led the Lexington militia in engaging the retreating British Regulars.
The Whittemore family lived in the house from the time of its construction in
1716-1718 by Jacob’s father, Nathaniel, until 1780 when it was sold by the
family.
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