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In the first year of the 20th century a monument was installed to honor the Native American veterans of the Revolutionary War, in which Massachusetts town?

Question #151854. Asked by pehinhota.
Last updated Dec 07 2024.
Originally posted Dec 05 2024 3:08 PM.

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In Natick, Mass., in 1719, 20 native proprietors purchased 100 acres as a burial ground for Native Americans. A plaque marking the site was placed on a boulder on the 11th of May, 1900.
Almost two dozen veterans are buried at the site, including Alexander Quapish who was [finally] interred in 2020.
link https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/natick-praying-indian-burying-ground
link https://img.atlasobscura.com/El5PVM1q4jDirZuH7-s_cedaA2BErb1iJWNbxdYMePo/rt:fit/w:1200/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdGxh/cy1kZXYuczMuYW1h/em9uYXdzLmNvbS91/cGxvYWRzL3BsYWNl/X2ltYWdlcy9lOGI1/YzQzNS05ZDgzLTQx/ODMtYThiOC0zNWVh/ODU2Y2FmNTA0N2Uz/NzU0ODY0YjQ4YjRh/NzJfMzQyMTc0MjMx/XzI1MDM0MTUzMDcw/ODIyMV81Njg2NjQw/OTU0MzIzMzIyOTE4/X24uanBn.jpg

Response last updated by looney_tunes on Dec 06 2024.
Dec 06 2024, 7:59 PM
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Although the answer of Natick, Massachusetts is correct, this could probably use a little more explanation, and since I live two towns over from Natick, I'll give it a shot. Natick was founded in 1651 as a Puritan-governed settlement for Native Americans who generally had been converted to Christianity (known at the time as,"Praying Indians"). The settlement declined after King Philip's War (around 1675), when the Native American residents were interred on an island in Boston Harbor (with many deaths), and the village was largely destroyed during the war, but the settlement still existed throughout the Revolutionary War. In 1719, a plot of land was purchased for use as a burial site for the local Native American residents, and about 20-25 of the people buried there were veterans of the Revolutionary War. However, after the war, the settlement began to disappear -- but the burial ground was considered sacred, because (since the "Praying Indians" were indeed Christian) it was consecrated ground, so it survived the collapse of the native village.

And then, after the U.S. Centennial in 1876, most towns in Massachusetts (which had just erected large monuments to their Civil War veterans) started to erect memorials to their Revolutionary War veterans. Well, in Natick, the Native American burial grounds was overwhelmingly the largest burial site. But there was a dispute about how to build a monument that wouldn't disrespect the native burial grounds, Eventually, though, the town monument was erected on those grounds in 1900 (as mentioned in the question), prioritizing the Native American Revolutionary War veterans who had been buried there.
link https://natickprayingindians.org/warriors.html
link https://www.natickhistoricalsociety.org/first-praying-indian-village

Dec 07 2024, 12:26 AM
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