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SUMMARY:6th Annual Quock Walker Day Community Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Quock Walker Day aka Massachusetts Emancipation Day with ABCL! \nCelebrate the 243rd Anniversary of Massachusetts Emancipation Day and hear how the Revolutionary War and the Black Patriots of Lexington and Massachusetts set the stage for Quock Walker’s judicial victories. His 1781 civil lawsuit for battery led to the 1783 criminal case that ended slavery in Massachusetts. \nMusic\, food and storytellers will be performing outside at noon and 1. \nCome early for colonial history and music and stay for the concert by Rhythms of Ghana. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.tourlexington.us/event/6th-annual-quock-walker-day-community-celebration/
LOCATION:Lexington Visitors Center\, 1875 Massachusetts Avenue\, LEXINGTON\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art/Cultural Event,Food
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SUMMARY:6th Annual Quock Walker Hike for Freedom
DESCRIPTION:  \nWe are looking forward to celebrating Quock Walker’s Hike for Freedom on what is forecast to be a mild Saturday morning.  Please note that onsite registration begins at 8 am. \n  \nDate: Saturday\, July 11\, 2026 \n  \nVenue:  Lexington Visitors Center Lawn\, 1875 Massachusetts Avenue\, Lexington\, MA \n  \nWhat:  Family-friendly hike on the ACROSS Lexington Route E(mancipation) Loop to commemorate Quock Walker’s journey from enslavement to employment in Barre\, MA in April 1781. \n  \nWho: Quock (Kwaku) Walker was born on a Wednesday in 1753 to Mingo and Dinah. He self-emancipated and declared himself a yeoman in 1781.  He bought property in Barre and got married in 1786. \n  \nWhy:  Quock Walker’s legal victories in 1781 led to the 1783 Supreme Judicial Court case that abolished slavery in Massachusetts over 70 years before Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. \n  \nDuring your journey across Route E(mancipation) you will pass by the foot of Belfry Hill where Venuse Roe was enslaved in the home of Jonas Roe. At about three years old\, she was gifted to Smitheren Reed of Woburn District. And you will pass by Lexington Green where Prince Estabrook was injured during the Battle of Lexington at dawn of April 19\, 1775.  Private Prince Estabrook enlisted for several three year terms as an enslaved soldier of the Continental Army. \n  \nVenus Roe and Prince Estabrook were emancipated in 1783 in the wake of the third Quock Walker case\, Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Nathaniel Jennison. \n  \n8:00 AM: T-shirt pickup for online registrants and on site registration \n8:15 AM:  Reading of Lexington’s Quock Walker Day Proclamation \n8:30 AM:  Hike ACROSS Lexington Route E(mancipation) Loop – 4.3 miles \nPost-Hike:  \n6th Annual Quock Walker Day Community Celebration\, Saturday\, July 11\, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.\, Lexington Visitors Center Lawn\, 1875 Massachusetts Ave.\, Lexington \nRegister HERE
URL:https://www.tourlexington.us/event/6th-annual-quock-walker-hike-for-freedom/
LOCATION:Lexington Visitors Center\, 1875 Massachusetts Avenue\, LEXINGTON\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art/Cultural Event
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SUMMARY:Ode to a Horse with No Name at the Lexington Visitor Center
DESCRIPTION:Come here the tribute to the small mare of 13 hands that accompanied Paul Revere on that fateful night of April 19\, 1775\npresented by Mitch Lapin.\nMitch is an amateur historian and is currently concluding a review of the 402 church bells cast by Paul Revere and his son Joseph Warren Revere. This work in progress can be viewed at Walk Boston History.\nExperience Mitch’s passion for history firsthand at the Lexington Visitors Center\, where he teaches the minute by minute account of the Battle Road of April 19\, 1775: the start of the American Revolution. \n 
URL:https://www.tourlexington.us/event/ode-to-a-horse-with-no-name-at-the-lexington-visitor-center/
LOCATION:Lexington Visitors Center\, 1875 Massachusetts Avenue\, LEXINGTON\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art/Cultural Event
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SUMMARY:Witness to 1775 House Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, May 16\, the Lexington Visitors Center will host four separate tours as follows: \nTour 1: 9:00am – Features six Witness Houses and a visit to Hancock-Clarke House\nTour 2: 11:00am – Features seven Witness Houses and a visit to Munroe Tavern\nTour 3: 2:30pm – Features seven Witness Houses and a visit to Munroe Tavern\nTour 4: 4:00pm – Features six Witness Houses and a visit to the Hancock-Clarke House \nWalking Tour Details: \n\nAll tours are Free of Charge.\nAll tours are 2.5 hours long.\nEach tour includes a 30-minute visit to a Lexington History Museum.\nTours begin and end at the Lexington Visitors Center\, 1875 Massachusetts Avenue.\nTours will start promptly at the appointed time. Arrive early!\nTours will be held rain or shine.\nSpace is Limited. Attendance is first-come\, first-served.
URL:https://www.tourlexington.us/event/witness-to-1775-house-walking-tour/
LOCATION:Lexington Visitors Center\, 1875 Massachusetts Avenue\, LEXINGTON\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art/Cultural Event,Lex250
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SUMMARY:4th Annual Lexington Lunar New Year Lantern Festival
DESCRIPTION:Lexington Lunar New Year Lantern Festival returns on Sunday\, March 1\, 2026\, bringing the community together for an afternoon and evening of light\, creativity\, and connection. The free\, public event takes place at Cary Hall and marks both the seasonal transition from winter to spring and Lexington’s 250th anniversary. \nFrom 1:00–4:00 PM\, families can enjoy kids’ talent showcases\, food\, and lantern-making activities\, followed by cross-cultural\, interactive performances from 4:00–6:00 PM. The celebration concludes with a community lantern parade from Cary Hall to the Lexington Visitors Center from 6:00–7:00 PM\, where the evening culminates in a projection-mapping display. \nLed by New Legacy Cultural Center in collaboration with local organizations and community partners\, the festival invites neighbors of all ages to gather\, reflect\, and light the way forward together. Admission is free; RSVP is encouraged.
URL:https://www.tourlexington.us/event/4th-annual-lexington-lantern-festival/
LOCATION:Cary Hall\, 1605 Mass Ave\, Lexington\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art/Cultural Event,Cultural District,Food,Lex250
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SUMMARY:Black Patriots Of Lexington Video Unveiling
DESCRIPTION:Through a grant with the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism\, come celebrate and learn about Prince Estabrook\, Eli Burdoo\, and Pompey Fiske through newly released animated videos playing at the Lexington Visitors Center!  On Monday\, September 22 at 9:30 a.m. join Town of Lexington staff and historian Sean D. Osborne for an unveiling to celebrate the untold stories of important patriots.
URL:https://www.tourlexington.us/event/black-patriots-of-lexington-video-unveiling/
LOCATION:Lexington Visitors Center\, 1875 Massachusetts Avenue\, LEXINGTON\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lex250
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lexington Economic Development":MAILTO:economicdevelopment@lexingtonma.gov
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