Collection	Edwin B. Worthen Collection
Date of photo	1885
Description	Lexington Common about 1885. This is a very good view of the Common, as the older residents remember it. The stone posts and the fence of rails set edge-wise. Directly back of the pulpit rock is the elm set out by President Grant April 19, 1875. For many years the Common was used for cattle fairs, musters and as a baseball and football field. This continued until 1884 when Reverend Mr. Staples and Reverend Mr. Porter took the lead in restoring the Common to its hallowed place."
Object ID	Worthen.slide7
Object Name	Transparency, Lantern-slide
Search Terms	Minuteman Memorial (obelisk on the common) Battle Green Lexington Common
Subjects	Monuments Monuments & memorials Memorials Town common
Title	Lexington Common, 1885

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