Tag: death

• Menotomy Indian Hunter

  

  At the center of the garden between Town Hall and the Robbins Library, on a crest above a long, shallow reflecting pool, kneels a statue of a Native American man. He’s equipped for a hunt. His catch for the day, a goose, rests by his foot. The 1911 statue is by Cyrus Edwin Dallin, a…

  Ray Bernoff

  August 12, 2019

  History, People, Photos

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• Minuteman Bikeway

  

  “We ride year round rain, shine, or snow…Beautiful green trees in summer, colorful foliage in fall, and snow that stays pretty and white in winter time.”

  Ray Bernoff

  May 13, 2019

  History, Photos, Places

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• War Memorials

  

  This is Arlington’s Civil War memorial, which the town installed in 1887 to commemorate Arlingtonians who died fighting for the Union.

  Ray Bernoff

  May 5, 2019

  History, Objects, Places

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• Old Burying Ground

  

  The Old Burying Ground’s most notable residents are Jason Russell and the 11 other revolutionists whom the British killed during the first day of the American Revolutionary War.

  Ray Bernoff

  April 23, 2019

  History, Photos, Places

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