Post Road to Boston Marker

This section of the old Boston Post Road – Washington Street to Southbridge Road – was probably named for General George Washington who traveled this way en route to Boston to take command of the American troops in 1775. He had paused at the Solomon Keyes home at the intersection of Washington and East Streets, to confer with Captain Putnam about supplying Minutemen from this area. Many local men marched to Boston the day after the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775.