Photo of the Day: Minuteman Returns To Union Avenue

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FRAMINGHAM – The Minuteman statue has returned to Union Avenue in Framingham today, October 26. It has been missing from his location for about 6 months.

On Wednesday, April 27, the Minuteman statue at the corner of Maple and Main Street was moved from its location into storage, due to MassDOT’s Union Avenue construction project.

The road construction project is expected to last two years and be completed in 2023.

In 1900, Henry and Theo Alice Kitson were commissioner to create the bronze Minuteman memorial to remember the Revolutionary War soldiers of Framingham.

The Town of Framingham dedicated the statue on Bunker Hill Day on June 17, 1905. Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Curtis Guild gave the address for the dedication.

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The Daughters of the Revolutionary War dedicated the base and inserted a time capsule on Memorial Day in 1905.

In 1941, the Minuteman statue was moved to where Main Street meets Union Avenue – Buckminster Square.

Buckminster Square is the site of the old training ground where the Framingham minutemen drilled, before heading to Concord & Lexington during the Revolutionary War.

The statue depicts a blacksmith minuteman priming his flintlock musket. The Minuteman weighs 10 to 12 tons and has a granite base.

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