John Parker (captain)
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Captain John Parker was an American farmer and military officer who commanded the minutemen who fought at the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775.
Henry Hudson Kitson's The Lexington Minuteman statue (1900)—originally symbolizing the generic Minuteman—has come to represent Parker. It stands in Lexington Battle Green. No portrait from Parker’s life is known to exist.
Capt. John Parker's musket, and a British musket captured at the Battle of Lexington & Concord that was presented to Capt. Parker. On display in the Massachusetts State House.
Siege of Boston
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The siege of Boston was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War. In the siege, American patriot militia led by newly-installed Continental Army commander George Washington prevented the Br
John Parker (captain)
…rallied his men to attack the regulars returning to Boston in an ambush known as "Parker's Revenge". Parker and his men participated in the subsequent Siege of Boston. He was unable to serve in the Battle of Bunker Hill in June, and died of tuberculosis on September 17, 1775, aged 46. Parker and his wife, Lydia (Moore…
1911 painting of the British evacuation of Boston
An engraving depicting Ethan Allen demanding the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga
The Battle of Bunker Hill, Howard Pyle, 1897
George Washington taking command of the Army, 1775