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History of Hingham. 



GENERAL LINCOLN'S MONUMENT. 



neither honor nor love in his own town and among his own neigh- 

 bors. Not far from the first settlers' monument in the old fort, in 

 the quiet part of the cemetery overlooking the town, where great 

 pines sing a lullaby, and where all around are the bones and the 

 tombs of those he knew and loved, lie the mortal remains of this 

 soldier of the Revolution. A stone, plain and massive, of white 

 marble, and worthy of the man, marks the spot. On one side are 

 the words : 



BENJAMIN LINCOLN 

 MAJOR-GENERAL IN THE ARMY OF THE REVOLUTION 



BORN JANUARY 24, 1733 

 DIED MAY^ 9, 1810 



And on the other : 



ERECTED BY HIS DESCENDANTS 



1852 



Here on each Memorial Day the beautiful colors of the nation 

 which he did so much to found, blend with the sweet flowers 

 strewn in honor and memory by the brave men of a later time ; 

 and they who bring the laurel and the myrtle for the young lives 

 given to their country in 1861 do not forget nor pass by the hero 

 who made possible the later sacrifice. 



With the war the town's expenditures increased at a rate that 

 must have seemed appalling to the conservative citizens, habitu- 



