To count down the days to the end of summer, I will be taking you on a virtual walking tour of Arlington–the same one outlined in 1937’s The WPA Guide to Massachusetts. Each entry will include an excerpt from the book about each site visited. Hopefully this will give us a little insight as to how things have changed in the past 73 years. Also at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Pleasant Street is stop number eight, the Minuteman Tablet.

“When word came that a British supply train was coming through with only

a small guard, the ‘old men’ made ready for its capture.

Crouching behind a wall, they arose as the British approached, covered them with leveled muskets,

and forced a surrender; the contents of the supply wagon were distributed to the farmers.”

The Arlington Minuteman tablet on the night of September 5, 2010.