http://spotstory.com/tags/spots/founders+monument spotstory: stories and photos of your favorite places en-us http://spotstory.com/spots/show/35 http://spotstory.com/spots/show/35 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:34:30 +0000 42.3637 -71.1832 founders monument <img alt="98_preview" src="http://spotstory.com/image_files/00/00/98_preview.jpg?1173372749" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" />Built in 1930 for the 300th anniversary of the town&#8217;s founding. The sculptor was Henry H. Kitson, who also designed the famous statue of Captain Parker that stands on the Lexington Green. A nine-foot tall bronze statue of Sir Richard Saltonstall tops the pink granite base, into which bronze reliefs are set, depicting the settlers at Clap&#8217;s Landing, and Watertown citizens protesting unfair taxes.