Leicester

Leicester is a village in Massachusetts. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an aggregate zone of 24.7 square miles, of which 23.4 square miles is arrive and 1.3 square miles , or 5.35%, is water. One of the early pioneers around the local area was Dr. Samuel Green, who lived in a house at 2 Charlton St. in Greenville . Dr. Green prepared numerous different specialists in the mid 1700s. At a Committee of Safety meeting in 1774, Leicester's Colonel William Henshaw proclaimed that "we should have organizations of men prepared to walk upon a moment's notice"— instituting the expression "minutemen", a moniker for the local army individuals who battled in the transformation's first fights. Henshaw would later turn into an aide general to Artemas Ward, who was second in charge to George Washington in the Continental Army.