TOWNSEND COMPANY

Townsend Company is part of the 6th Middlesex Regiment, which today is composed of the militia or minuteman companies from several Northern Middlesex County towns. While some members are quite active in the 6th Middlesex events, the Townsend Company is fairly light, involving parades on Memorial Day, and one or two other ceremonies during the year. We also like to participate in encampments with our comrades in the 6th Middlesex... The Townsend Minuteman Company was formed to help celebrate Townsend's 275th Anniversary in 2007. We try re-enact what life was like in Townsend in 1775... At that time, due to tensions with Great Britain, many towns had formed "minuteman companies" (militia) ready to march on a "minutes notice". Townsend actually had two companies, a north company and a south company. Each man was expected to equip themselves with a musket, bayonet, canteen, powder and ball. On April 19,1775, when the Concord alarm was received, 73 men from Townsend set out for Concord,..