IN MEMORY
OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF
DORCHESTER
AND OF THE TOWNSPEOPLE
WHO FOUGHT FOR THEIR
COUNTRY IN THE
COLONIAL WARS 1675-1763
REVOLUTIONARY 1775-83
SECOND WITH ENGLAND 1812-13
MEXICAN 1846-48
REBELLION 1861-65
AND
THE SPANISH WAR 1898-99
ERECTED BY
THE CITY OF BOSTON
JUNE 5, 1905