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Patriots' Day Weekend: Minute Men Gather on Battle Green & Guided Walking Tourss

Saturday April 13, 2024 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Lexington Common (Battle Green)1625 Massachusetts AveLexington MA 02421
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LEXINGTON: 9:30am, Minute Men Gather on Lexington Green

Location: Lexington Green. - In this reenactment of an event that took place AFTER the Battle of Lexington was fought on the morning of April 19, 1775, Captain Parker calls the Lexington Minutemen to arms on Lexington Green  for a ceremony at noon on at the Parker's Revenge Site.  Then they march to the battle site for a salute near Fiske Hill (Lexington) at 1:30pm. 

*LEXINGTON:  9am-5pm - Battle Green Guided Walking Tours & Trolley Tours, Lexington Green (Mass Ave, across from Town Library)

Guides in Colonial clothing provide fee-based 1-hour walking tours and information; check out the war memorial on the Green where 7 of the 8 Militia who died in battle on April 19th, 1775 are buried.  Get tickets for walking tours and also for the 90-minute Liberty Ride Guided Trolley Tours at the Lexington Visitors Center (1875 Mass Ave, next to the Buckman Tavern; 781-862-1450; you can also find public restrooms here).

Who

All ages

Cost

Free

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