On the morning of April 19, 1775, approximately seventy members of Lexington’s town militia faced down eight hundred British troops on the Lexington Green. The British were marching to Concord, where they expected to confiscate a stockpile of weapons intended to be used for rebellion. The troops stopped on the Lexington Green and faced the Lexington militia. A shot was fired. Nobody knows who fired that shot, but with it and with the ensuing musket fire, the American Revolution began. The Battle of Lexington, as it would later be known, was brief, but resulted in the deaths of eight colonists. The British marched on to Concord, where they faced a much larger group of colonists, from all over the area, at the North Bridge. The Revolutionary War would end six years later with a colonial victory in 1781 and the birth of the United States of America.
March 29, 2025
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April 5, 2025
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April 7, 2025
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April 14, 2025
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April 17, 2025
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April 18, 2025
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Lexington Kick-Off Press Conference
7:00 pm
Patriots’ Day Awards Ceremony
6:15 am
Pancake Breakfasts
7:00 am
Parker’s Revenge
9:00 am
USS Lexington Ceremony
10:00 am
Daughters of the American Revolution Tree Dedication
11:00 am
Battle Green Rededication
2:00 pm
Patriots’ Day Parade7:00 pm
Lexington Bicentennial Band Concert
10:00 am
Revolutionary Scavenger Hunt 2025
10:00 am
Daughters of the American Revolution Wreath Laying Ceremony
11:00 am
Patriots’ Day Living History at Buckman Tavern
12:30 pm
Arrival of Paul Revere & William Dawes on Horseback from Boston
11:00 am
Naturalization Ceremony
In 2024, the Economic Development Office received a $48,000 grant from the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism. This funding will go towards creating a 5-to-7-minute animated video of Paul Revere’s Ride that will play on repeat in the Diorama Room of the Lexington Visitors Center. The intention of this video is to inform and educate visitors and tourists about Lexington’s involvement in the American Revolution. The video follows Paul Revere and the other riders as they travel to warn Lexington and Concord about the British ploy to capture a large stockpile of guns and gunpowder. In January of 2025, the Economic Development Office contracted BluBlu studios to create the animated video. The video is anticipated to be completed in March 2025, and is expected to be up and running in April 2025.
January 28, 2025
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December 31, 2024
In case you missed any of our blogs about our history and history-related events in 2024, here is a recap of the best highlights this year. A Review of Patriots’…
October 23, 2024
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