The General Joseph Warren statue has stood at the intersection at Third Ave. and Poplar St. since its 1910 dedication. A commemoration of Warren’s short but influential life will take place there on Saturday, June 14, 2025, 250 years after Warren’s death at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

The Warren County Historical Society, the General Joseph Warren Chapter of the DAR, the Warren Music Conservatory and the Warren County Visitors Bureau will host a Gen. Joseph Warren commemoration at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 14.

This is the 250th anniversary of Warren’s death during the Battle of Bunker Hill. The ceremony takes place in General Joseph Warren Park, at the corner of Third Avenue and Poplar Street, Warren. The Warren Music Conservatory’s Voices of the Conservatory Choir and Brass Ensemble will honor Warren with a selection of stirring patriotic music. There will also be proclamations and a wreath laying, and refreshments will follow the event.

Born in Massachusetts, Warren graduated from Harvard at the age of 18 and then studied to be a physician. He opened a practice in Boston where he treated people from all social classes–and political persuasions. Boston on the eve of the Revolution was a hotbed of then-radical ideas about the nature of liberty, and Warren soon developed a keen interest in politics.

On the night of April 18, armed with intelligence that the British regulars intended to march to Concord, Warren enlisted Paul Revere and William Dawes to ride into the night to warn the militia the Redcoats were on the move. Warren himself left Boston the following morning and joined the militia in their attack on the British retreat. Commissioned a major general on July 14, 1775, Warren was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill on July 17, 1775.

This remembrance will take place at the foot of the General Joseph Warren statue, the only statue of Warren outside of Boston. It was presented to the county 115 years ago by local members of the DAR.

The General Joseph Warren Commemoration is one of the events leading up to the July 4, 2026, semiquincentennial (250th) celebration of the nation’s founding.

For more information, call 814-723-1795, visit www.warrenhistory.org, or like the Warren County Historical Society’s Facebook page.