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| Patriot's Day Reenactment |
The Battle on Lexington Green
Monday, April 15, 2013 at 5:30 am in Lexington center.
This event recreates the historic skirmish in Lexington on the first day of the American Revolution. Following the ringing of the bell in the Old Belfry, members of the Lexington Training Band (now known as the Minutemen) gather on Lexington Green to await the column of British Regulars as they march into the town center. A shot rings out, the skirmish follows, and the British column marches on towards Concord leaving dead and wounded behind. Contact: Lexington Minutemen Pancake Breakfasts - Monday, April 15, 2013 in Lexington
St.
Brigid Church, 2001 Massachusetts Avenue, sponsored by Boy Scout Troop 160.
6:00 am to 10:00 am. Nominal cost. First
Baptist Church, 1580 Massachusetts Avenue (across from the police station).
6:00 am to 10:00 am. Nominal cost..
Church of
Our Redeemer, 6 Meriam Street. 6:00 am to 9:00 am. Nominal cost.
Isaac
Davis March to Concord -
Monday, April 15, 2013 at 6:00 am at the Isaac Davis Homestead, 37
Hayward Road, Acton. The Acton Minutemen will make their annual march to the
North Bridge in Concord, arriving at 9:00 am, where they will fire a salute
from the bridge to honor Isaac Davis and Acton's other fallen heroes. Contact: The Acton
Minutemen
Lincoln
Minute Men Dawn Tribute and the March to Concord - Monday, April 15, 2013, outside Bemis Hall, 15 Bedford Road, Lincoln, 6:40 am. The
Lincoln Minute Men will salute the patriots buried in the Old Meetinghouse
Cemetery. Roll call is read, fifers play a lament, minute men mysteriously
emerge from the morning mists in the cemetery, and a musket salute is fired.
The Minute Men begin their march along Sandy Pond Road.toward Concord with
colonial music and musket fire. All ages welcome to walk along. The Concord
Parade steps off at 9:00 a.m.
Contact: Lincoln Minute
Men
Lexington
Sunrise Youth Parade - Monday, April 15, 2013
starting at 7:30 am at Munroe Cemetery driveway, Massachusetts Avenue.
Contact:
Lexington Town Celebrations Committee, 781 862-0500 x708
Commemoration
of the Battle at North Bridge - Monday April 15, 2013, from 8:00 am. The peace of the Concord countryside will
once more be shattered by musket fire as British and colonial re-enactors, park
rangers and volunteers commemorate the fateful morning of April 19, 1775 - the
first time that colonists were ordered to fire upon British soldiers that
became known as "the shot heard 'round the world."
Contact: Minute Man National
Historical Park
Mourn
Arms Ceremony at British Graves, North Bridge, Concord - Monday April 15, 2013, approximately 8:30 am: Prior to the Concord Parade,
British Regulars from the King's Own 4th Regiment of Foot, Tenth Regiment of Foot, and First Foot Guards will Mourn Arms and salute the fallen soldiers of
the 4th
at Old North Bridge. Concord's
Patriots Day Parade - Monday, April 15, 2013
starting at 9:00 am in Concord Center.
Contact:
Concord
Chamber of Commerce via email or at 978 369-3120.
Patriots'
Day Handbell Concert of American Music - Monday April 15, 2013, 11:15 am to 12 noon, Hancock Church, 1912 Mass Ave,
Lexington (the stone church across from the Battle Green). You’ll find yourself
swaying to upbeat music of America, including patriotic favorites, spirituals,
ragtime, marches and more. The music is rung on 5 octaves of English
handbells by ringers of all ages in a program that is light-hearted and
family-friendly. Suggested donation is $3 per person. The sanctuary is
handicapped accessible. Come sit down and enjoy this fun concert carefully
timed to follow the morning Road Race. Contact: 781-862-4220 or handbells@hancockchurch.org.
Jason
Russell House Battle Open House, April 15, 2013 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Contact the Arlington
Historical Society.
Paul
Revere's Arrival at Lexington Green - Monday, April 15, 2013, 1:00 pm in Lexington center
Contact: Lexington Town
Celebrations Committee, 781 862-0500 x708
Ride the
Patriots Day Trolley -
Monday, April 15, 2013 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm: Park at Acton's Town Hall
and ride on one of the three Patriots Day trolley to the Hosmer House, the
Jones Tavern and the Faulkner Homestead to a day filled with entertainment,
games, crafts, animals, 18th and 19th century demonstrators, storytellers, and
tours of historic buildings. $5.00 per adult / $3.00 per child includes
admission to historic properties and trolley ride. Contact and more
info: Acton
Historical Society.
Patriots & Heroes: an American
Pantheon in Music - Monday, April 15, 2013,
8:00 pm at the Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church in Cambridge: The Boston
Camerata, a historically accurate early music ensemble in Boston will be
presenting an anthology of American songs from the young republic in their
original forms, around the themes of freedom, union, and renewal in the New
World. Anne Azéma and The Boston Camerata are joined by the Middlesex
Volunteers Fife and Drums and members of The Revels. After the concert,
the audience will be invited to participate in traditional early American
dances and songs. Further information at www.bostoncarmerat.org.
