
Every year on Patriots Day, the members of Danvers Alarm List Company honor the Danvers men who fell at the Jason Russell House on April 19th 1775, by doing our own mini-marathon march. You are welcome to join us in person at any of our spots (check the schedule below) or we livestream on Facebook so you can watch at each of our stops.
- 8:00 – 8:20 Training Field (Centre Street Danvers). The Village Training Field on Centre Street was
given to the town by Deacon Nathaniel Ingersoll in 1709 as a training place. A marker at the Training
Field stands as a memorial to the seven Danvers men who died on April 19, 1775 in Menotomy
(Arlington).
- 8:40 – 9:00 Jacobs Gravesite (Edgehill Road Peabody). Henry Jacobs was one of the Danvers men who fell
on April 19. He is buried in a family cemetery. At that time, Peabody was part of Danvers.
- 9:30 – 10:00 Old South Burial Ground (Main Street Peabody). The South Burial Ground contains the
graves of four Danvers men who died on April 19: Ebenezer Goldthwaite, George Southwick, Samuel
Cook, and Benjamin Daland.
- 10:15 – 11:00 Lexington Monument (Washington St. Peabody)
- 11:20 – 11:50 Reuben Keniston Grave – Leach Burial Ground (Elliot Street Danvers). Ruben Keniston
was a Beverly man who marched to Menotomy with Capt. Israel Hutchinson’s company. He was killed
on April 19.
- 12:00 – 12:20 Hutchinson Home Site Marker (Water Street Danvers). Capt. Israel Hutchinson
commanded a Minute company that fought in Menotomy.
Hutchinson lived in a home on Water Street in Danversport, which is no longer standing. The bodies of the Danvers dead were brought back to this house on April 20, 1775. A granite marker marks the
location of the house.
- 12:40 – 1:00 Nurse Homestead Cemetery (Pine Street Danvers). The cemetery at the Nurse House
contains the graves of Revolutionary War veterans Francis Nurse (great grandson of Rebecca Nurse) and Matthew Putnam.
(Times are estimated and might change based on travel time and traffic.)