GOFFSTOWN — On what is now Center Street and Henry Bridge Road, 43 men mustered on April 20, 1775, before leaving New Hampshire to fight in the American Revolution.

The Minuteman Statue in Lexington, Massachusetts, is meant to depict Captain John Parker, who led the outnumbered Lexington militia against the British regulars on April 19, 1775.

The Battle of Lexington, painting from 1910 by William Barnes Wollen depicting the battle that took place in 1775. (Wikimedia Commons) Though this would be the first fight for Davis’ troops, it ...

The two-sided monument contains 26 diverse women, as well as objects of nature such as birds and flowers. The monument is 16 feet wide, 12 feet high, 4 inches thick and weighs 3,000 pounds.

Sterling Rotarians gathered recently to celebrate the moving of the city’s Minuteman statue from the National Guard armory on South Third Avenue across the street to Columbine Park.