Events

Demonstration of Revolutionary War weapons and tactics.

Follow the British retreat as they fight the Colonial Militia in Tower Park, featuring a working reproduction cannon. Organized by the Lexington Minute Men.

On the eve of April 19, 1775, Paul Revere and William Dawes, fellow Sons of Liberty, rode hard from Boston, arriving in town just before midnight. Their destination: The home of Reverend Clarke. Their mission: To warn Patriot leaders John Hancock and Samuel Adams of the impending British raid. Get an early start of the...

Lieutenant William Tidd typically drilled the Lexington Militia near his house on the North East corner of the Battle Green, near Harrington Road.

Hearing that a patrol of the British Regular Army was approaching the town, the women and children as well as some men of Lexington left their homes seeking safer places to wait when the British column marched through town.

On April 19th the Belfry was on the Battle Green, where it sounded the alarm which alerted the Lexington militia of the British Redcoats’ arrival.

The central event of Patriots’ Day weekend. The Lexington Minute Men have organized and sponsored the Reenactment since 1971 to recreate the birth of American Liberty on Lexington Common in 1775. Reenactment rehearsal: Saturday, April 6, 2:00 PM (Rehearsal rain date: Sunday, April 7, 2:00PM)

BSA Troop 160: St. Brigid Parish, 1981 Massachusetts Ave. First Baptist Church of Lexington: 1580 Massachusetts Ave. The Church of Our Redeemer: 6 Meriam Street. All proceeds to benefit LexRAP (Lexington Refugee Assistance Program). All three breakfasts are free and open to the public.

The early morning parade goes back to the late 1880s. "Until the end of the century, the celebration included Sunday evening services in Town Hall, historic lectures delivered by scholars, a children’s program, an early morning parade, and band concerts." I recall the marching in the parade when I was a student in the Lexington...