Please join the Warren County Historical Society, the General Joseph Warren DAR Chapter, the Warren County Visitors Bureau, and the Warren Music Conservatory in a special commemoration of the life and death of General Joseph Warren, Warren county’s namesake, 250 years after his untimely death at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Warren was an integral part of making America an independent nation—a nation that will celebrate its 250th birthday next year.

The event will begin at 11 AM on Saturday, June 14, 2025, in General Joseph Warren Park, at the corner of Third Ave. and Poplar St., Warren, PA. Warren’s short but influential life will be remembered with proclamations, patriotic music, a wreath-laying, and refreshments.

Warren was born in Roxbury, MA, in 1741. After his graduation from Harvard, he studied to be a physician and opened a practice in Boston, where he treated patients from all social classes. Boston on the eve of the American Revolution was a hotbed of then-radical ideas about the nature of liberty, and Warren soon developed a keen interest in politics and became a leader in the American cause.

On the night of April 18, 1775, armed with intelligence that the British intended to march to Concord, Warren instructed Paul Revere and William Dawes to ride out of the city and warn the militia. The next morning, Warren himself left Boston and joined the militia in their attack on the British retreat. He would never return to his home.

Commissioned a major general on July 14, 1775, he fought with his troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill on July 17, 1775. Unfortunately, he was recognized by a British officer and targeted for death. Warren was only 34.

The General Joseph Warren Commemoration is one of the events leading up to the 2026 America250 celebration of the nation’s founding. Come honor an often-forgotten Founding Father who sacrificed his life for his belief in liberty.

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