This statue of General William Shepard stands in a small triangular park, just south of the green in Westfield, Massachusetts. It was designed by Augustus Lukeman, a student of Daniel Chester French. The monument was dedicated on September 3, 1919, during the town’s 250th anniversary celebration. At the dedication, Arthur S. Kneil said, “It is placed . . . where he gathered and drilled his minutemen and whence he led them out to Dorchester Heights and the great Revolution.” After the war, Colonel Shepard received a commission as a major general in the Massachusetts state militia. He was in command during Shays’ Rebellion when the militia fought with Regulators over control of the Springfield, Massachusetts, arsenal in January, 1787.
Gen. Shepard Memorial Monument, Westfield, Mass. Photograph. 1925. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1997-08-01-185/. Accessed on October 15, 2024.
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