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2023 Schedule of Events
We may be adding more events and activities on all 3 days, so check back, or subscribe to our Town newsletter, Link to Lexington.
Children's activities are marked with a balloon icon () for easy identification.
Events Before April 15
The Marquis de Lafayette — Revolutionary War Hero, American Icon
Why did Lafayette become the most popular man in America in the 19th Century? Alan Hoffman, retired Attorney, Historian, and Lafayette translator, will describe Lafayette’s military and diplomatic roles, which were so critical to the American victory.
Cary Library
1874 Massachusetts Avenue
Monday, April 10, 1:15 - 3:00 PM
Hybrid
Learn more about this event and register.
See an Original Alarm Letter, Written on April 19, 1775
Closeup of part of the Alarm Letter
Sent by horseback to spread the news of the Battle of Lexington and Concord throughout the Colonies.
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
33 Marrett Road, Lexington
Monday, April 10 – Friday, April 21
Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Closed on Patriots' Day and on weekends
Find out more about the Alarm Letter
Saturday, April 15
Time | Event |
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Visit the New Lexington Visitors Center. Purchase tickets here for a 90-minute Liberty Ride Guided Trolley Tour or one-hour Battle Green Walking Tour. Tours can also be booked online at www.tourlexington.us. View our famed diorama depicting the Battle of Lexington and shop for unique Lexington gift items. 1875 Massachusetts Ave, next to Buckman Tavern. 781-862-1450. Public restrooms. |
9:00 AM | Parker’s Revenge. Lexington Minute Men gather on the Battle Green to reenact the second call to arms from Captain John Parker, which took place on the afternoon of April 19th, with additional dialogue from Rev. Jonas Clarke. Following this event, the Minute Men march up Mass Ave to Fiske Hill before continuing on to the Parker’s Revenge site in the Minute Man National Park for a skirmish reenactment. Free |
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM | Buckman Tavern Tours. 1 Bedford St. Self-paced audio tours available. Admission tickets available at the house. Single house $12 adults/$7 children; three houses $25 adults/$13 children www.lexingtonhistory.org |
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM | |
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Hancock-Clarke House Tours. 36 Hancock St. Guided tours available every half hour. Admission tickets available at the house. Single house $12 adults/$7 children; three houses $25 adults/$13 children www.lexingtonhistory.org |
10:30 AM | Parker’s Revenge Wreath Laying Ceremony. Lexington Minute Men lay a wreath at the site of the Parker’s Revenge skirmish in honor of two of Parker’s militia who were killed that afternoon; Nathaniel Wyman and Jedediah Monroe. On the Battle Road off of Airport Road near the Minute Man National Park Visitor Center, Route 2A, Lexington. Free |
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Munroe Tavern Tours. 1332 Massachusetts Ave. Self-guided tours available. Admission tickets available at the house. Single house $12 adults/$7 children; three houses $25 adults/$13 children www.lexingtonhistory.org |
1:00 PM | Parker’s Revenge Reenactment. Lexington Minute Men reenact the Parker’s Revenge skirmish which occurred in the afternoon of April 19th when the Lexington Militia Company under Capt. John Parker ambushed the retreating Redcoats near the Lexington-Lincoln town line. On the Battle Road off of Airport Road near the intersection of Old Mass Ave and Route 2A. Free https://www.nps.gov/mima/planyourvisit/patriots-day.htm |
1:00 PM | Lexington Bicentennial Band Concert. The first half will be a celebration of music from the screen and stage. The second half will focus on the 60th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy and will feature music written about that event as well as some traditional Patriots’ Day music. At the Donald J. Gillespie, Jr. Auditorium, Lexington High School. Admission is free, donations accepted. |
For the following three events, additional free parking is available at the Scottish Rite Museum (33 Marrett Road) and Lexington Children's Place (20 Pelham Road). | |
2:30 PM | William Diamond Junior Fife and Drum Corps performance. Tower Park, Massachusetts Avenue opposite Pelham Road. Free |
4:00 PM | Battle at Tower Park. Follow the British retreat as they fight the Colonial Militia in Tower Park, featuring a working reproduction cannon. Organized by the Lexington Minute Men. Mass Ave opposite Pelham Rd. www.lexingtonminutemen.com Free |
Sunday, April 16
Time | Event |
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Visit the New Lexington Visitors Center. Purchase tickets here for a 90-minute Liberty Ride Guided Trolley Tour or one-hour Battle Green Walking Tour. Tours can also be booked online at www.tourlexington.us. View our famed diorama depicting the Battle of Lexington and shop for unique Lexington gift items. 1875 Massachusetts Ave, next to Buckman Tavern. 781-862-1450. Public restrooms. |
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM | Buckman Tavern Tours. 1 Bedford St. Self-paced audio tours available. Admission tickets available at the house. Single house $12 adults/$7 children; three houses $25 adults/$13 children www.lexingtonhistory.org |
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM | Hancock-Clarke House Tours. 36 Hancock St. Guided tours available every half hour. Admission tickets available at the house. Single house $12 adults/$7 children; three houses $25 adults/$13 children www.lexingtonhistory.org |
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Munroe Tavern Tours. 1332 Massachusetts Ave. Self-guided tours available. Admission tickets available at the house. Single house $12 adults/$7 children; three houses $25 adults/$13 children www.lexingtonhistory.org |
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM | |
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM | |
11:30 PM | Paul Revere Ride Reenactment. Hancock-Clarke House, 36 Hancock St. A reenactment of the arrival of Paul Revere at the Hancock-Clarke House. Free www.lexingtonhistory.org |
Monday, April 17
Time | Event |
5:30 AM | “The Alarm” at the Old Belfry, Belfry Hill. Massachusetts Ave at Clarke St across from the Battle Green. |
5:30 AM | Reenactment of the Battle of Lexington. 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. “They nobly dared to be free!” Mass Ave at Bedford St. www.lexingtonminutemen.com Free Reenactment rain date Saturday, April 22 at 5:30 AM |
6:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Visit the New Lexington Visitors Center. Purchase tickets here for a one-hour Battle Green Walking Tour. Tours can also be booked online at www.tourlexington.us. View our famed diorama depicting the Battle of Lexington and shop for unique Lexington gift items. 1875 Massachusetts Ave, next to Buckman Tavern. 781-862-1450. Public restrooms. |
6:00 AM - 8:00 AM | Buckman Tavern Walk Through Tours. 1 Bedford St. Walk through the rooms of the historic tavern (interpreters present). Admission tickets available at the house. $5 www.lexingtonhistory.org |
6:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Pancake Breakfasts
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7:30 AM | |
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM | Buckman Tavern Tours. 1 Bedford St. Self-paced audio tours available. Admission tickets available at the house. Single house $12 adults/$7 children; three houses $25 adults/$13 children www.lexingtonhistory.org |
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM | Hancock-Clarke House Tours. 36 Hancock St. Guided tours available every half hour. Admission tickets available at the house. Single house $12 adults/$7 children; three houses $25 adults/$13 children www.lexingtonhistory.org |
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM | Munroe Tavern Tours. 1332 Massachusetts Ave. Self-guided tours available. Admission tickets available at the house. Single house $12 adults/$7 children; three houses $25 adults/$13 children www.lexingtonhistory.org |
8:15 AM | Patriots’ Day Ceremonies on the Battle Green. Massachusetts Avenue at Bedford St. Free. Ceremonies will include the announcement of the 2023 recipients of the:
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9:00 AM | “First Shot!: The Day the Revolution Began.” Enjoy a film screening of Lexington Historical Society’s award-winning video along with a special Q & A session with British and Colonial reenactors and a sampling of Colonial Music: Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Sq. Tickets available at the door. $10 adults/$5 children (6 - 16) www.lexingtonhistory.org |
10:00 AM | Lexington Lions Club 109th Annual Five-Mile Road Race. Starting/ending on Massachusetts Ave at the Battle Green. For more information, call 781-862-4710 or visit www.lexingtonlions.org |
10:00 AM | “First Shot!: The Day the Revolution Began.” Enjoy a film screening of Lexington Historical Society’s award-winning video along with a special Q & A session with British and Colonial reenactors and a sampling of Colonial Music: Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Sq. Tickets available at the door. $10 adults/$5 children (6 - 16) www.lexingtonhistory.org |
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | Lexington Minute Men (LMM) /Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) 113th Wreath-laying Ceremony. The LMM and DAR lay wreaths at several of the war monuments around the Battle Green, including the Revolutionary Monument where the Lexington soldiers killed on April 19, 1775 are buried. Free |
11:00 AM | USS Lexington Memorial Ceremonies. Visitors Center. 1875 Massachusetts Ave, adjacent to the Buckman Tavern. Free www.lexingtonlions.org |
11:00 AM | “First Shot!: The Day the Revolution Began.” Enjoy a film screening of Lexington Historical Society’s award-winning video along with a special Q & A session with British and Colonial reenactors and a sampling of Colonial Music: Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Sq. Tickets available at the door. $10 adults/$5 children (6 - 16) www.lexingtonhistory.org |
11:15 AM - 12:00 noon | Annual Patriots’ Day Hand Bell Concert. Hancock Church. The Handbell Choirs of Hancock Church present a family-friendly concert of American music rung on five octaves of handbells and chimes. A free-will offering will be collected at the door. 1912 Massachusetts Avenue (the stone church across from the Battle Green). |
12:30 PM | Parade Float Judging. Massachusetts Ave in East Lexington, across from Sacred Heart Church. Free |
1:00 PM | Paul Revere Arrives at the Battle Green on Horseback. Greeted by the Select Board and the Lexington Minute Men. Free |
2:00 PM | Patriots’ Day Afternoon Parade. Starting at Massachusetts Ave and Maple St in East Lexington, proceeding west along Massachusetts Ave through Lexington center, left onto Worthen Rd ending at the town pool parking lot. Free |