Historical Marker
Gardner Soldiers' Monument
Historical marker location:
1 Cottage Street, Gardner, Massachusetts
( Memorial is at the intersection of Central Street (State Road 101) and Park Street, on the right when traveling west on Central Street.)
Marker installed: 1885
In 1773, the Boston Tea Party occurred, where American colonists disguised as Native Americans dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest British taxation.