2018 Patriots Day Weekend Schedule of Events

SATURDAY, APRIL 14
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Lexington Visitors Center 1875  Massachusetts Ave (across from the Minuteman Statue) 781-862-1450	View diorama of Battle of Lexington and shop for custom and unique Lexington gift items. Public restrooms
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM	Battle Green Guided Tours Free	Official Lexington Battle Green Guides in Colonial clothing offer informal tours, history, visitor information and directions throughout the day. View one of the oldest war memorials in the country where the remains of 7 of the 8 Militia who died on the Battle Green on April 19th are buried.
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM	Buckman Tavern Tours 1 Bedford St (across from the Battle Green)	Self-paced audio tours available. Admission tickets available at the house.
9:30 AM	Parker’s Revenge Battle Green	Lexington Minute Men gather on the Lexington Battle Green to reenact the second call to arms from Captain Parker with additional dialogue from Reverend Jonas Clarke. Following this event, the Minute Men will march to Fiske Hill before continuing on to Parker’s Revenge site in the Minute Man National Park.
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.
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM	Liberty Ride Tours Lexington Visitors Center 1875 Massachusetts Ave (across from the Minuteman Statue)	A unique 90-minute trolley tour of the historic Battle Road. Purchase tickets and board at the Lexington Visitors Center, 1875 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington Center at 10 am, 11:30 am, 1 pm  & 2:30 pm.  Tickets available online
11 AM	Meet and Talk With the Minute Men Fiske Hill, Minute Man National Park Massachusetts Ave (just west of Route 95/128) map Free
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Munroe Tavern Tours 1332 Massachusetts Ave	Self-guided tours available. Admission tickets available at the house.
12:00 PM	Parker’s Revenge Wreath Laying Ceremony  Parker’s Revenge site on the Battle Road Route 2A (near the Minute Man National Park Visitor Center) map
1:00 PM	Parker’s Revenge Intersection of Old Massachusett Ave and Route 2A - map	A skirmish at The Bluff on the Battle Road at the intersection of Old Massachusetts Avenue and Rt 2A.
4:00 PM	Tower Park Battle Massachusetts Ave opposite Pelham Rd.	Follow the British retreat as they fight the Colonial militia.

SUNDAY, APRIL 15
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Lexington Visitors Center 1875  Massachusetts Ave (across from the Minuteman Statue) 781-862-1450	View diorama of Battle of Lexington and shop for custom and unique Lexington gift items. Public restrooms
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM	Battle Green Guided Tours Free	Official Lexington Battle Green Guides in Colonial clothing offer informal tours, history, visitor information and directions throughout the day. View one of the oldest war memorials in the country where the remains of 7 of the 8 Militia who died on the Battle Green on April 19th are buried.
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM	Buckman Tavern Tours 1 Bedford St (across from the Battle Green)	Self-paced audio tours available. Admission tickets available at the house.
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.
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM	Liberty Ride Tours Lexington Visitors Center 1875 Massachusetts Ave (across from the Minuteman Statue)	A unique 90-minute trolley tour of the historic Battle Road. Purchase tickets and board at the Lexington Visitors Center, 1875 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington Center at 10 am, 11:30 am, 1 pm  & 2:30 pm.  Tickets available online
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Munroe Tavern Tours 1332 Massachusetts Ave	Self-guided tours available. Admission tickets available at the house.
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	“A Single Blow” The Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Beginning of the American Revolution: Book Signing  Cary Memorial Library 1874 Massachusetts Ave Free Lecture	Authors Phillip Greenwalt and Rob Orrison will be presenting and signing copies of their book. The first release in the Emerging Revolutionary War series. in co-sponsorship with the Lexington Historical Society and Lexington Visitors Center
7:00 PM	“House of Hancock” Musical Lexington Depot 13 Depot Square	History at Play presents a new revolutionary musical weaving together the life of John Hancock with the thrill of Broadway’s Hamilton. Tickets available at Buckman Tavern.
11:30 PM	Paul Revere Ride Reenactment Hancock-Clarke House 36 Hancock St Free	A reenactment of the arrival of Paul Revere at the Hancock-Clarke House.

MONDAY, APRIL 16 - PATRIOTS' DAY
5:30 AM	“The Alarm” at the Old Belfry Massachusetts Ave at Clarke Street (across from the Battle  Green) Free	Come ring the bell that sounded the alarm that the British were coming.
5:30 AM (Rain date: Saturday, April 21 @ 5:30 AM)	Reenactment of the Battle of Lexington Lexington Battle Green	(Dress Rehearsal: Sunday, April 8 @ 2 PM rain date Saturday, April 7 @ 2 PM)
6:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Lexington Visitors Center 1875  Massachusetts Ave (across from the Minuteman Statue) 781-862-1450	View diorama of Battle of Lexington and shop for custom and unique Lexington gift items. Public restrooms
6:00 AM - 8:00 AM	Buckman Tavern Walk Through Tours 1 Bedford St (across from the Battle Green)	Walk through the rooms of the historic tavern (interpreters present). Admission tickets available at the house.  Adults $3/Children $1.
6:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Pancake Breakfasts • Boy Scout Troop #160   St. Brigid Church   2001 Massachusetts Avenue • First Baptist Church of Lexington   1580 Massachusetts Ave   (across from Police Station)  • The Church of Our Redeemer    6 Meriam Street    (behind Visitors Center)    All proceeds to benefit LexRAP    (Lexington Refugee Assistance Program).
7:30 AM	Sunrise Youth Parade Starting at Munroe Cemetery driveway, proceeding west along Massachusetts Avenue through Lexington center onto the Battle Green.
8:00 AM	First Shot! Film Screening and Q & A with British and Colonial Reenactors Lexington Depot 13 Depot Square	Tickets available at the door. Adults $3/ Children $1
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM	Buckman Tavern Tours 1 Bedford St. (across from the Battle Green)	Self-paced audio tours available. Admission tickets available at the house.
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.
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM	Munroe Tavern Tours 1332 Massachusetts Ave	Self-guided tours available. Admission tickets available at the house.
8:15 AM	Patriots’ Day Ceremonies on the Battle Green Massachusetts Ave at Bedford St Free
9:00 AM	First Shot! Film Screening and Q & A with British and Colonial Reenactors Lexington Depot 13 Depot Square	Tickets available at the door. Adults $3/ Children $1
10:00 AM	First Shot! Film Screening and Q & A with British and Colonial Reenactors Lexington Depot 13 Depot Square	Tickets available at the door. Adults $3/ Children $1
10:00 AM	Lexington Lions Club 104th Annual Five-Mile Road Race Starting/ending on Massachusetts Avenue at the Battle Green.	For more information, call (781) 862-2534 or visit the Lions Club website.
10:30 AM	Lexington Minute Men/DAR Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Obelisk On the Battle Green Free
11:00 AM	USS Lexington Memorial Ceremonies Visitors Center, 1875 Massachusetts Ave (across from the Minuteman Statue) Free
11:00 AM	First Shot! Film Screening and Q & A with British and Colonial Reenactors Lexington Depot 13 Depot Square	Tickets available at the door. Adults $3/ Children $1
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM	Annual Patriots’ Day Handbell Concert of Patriotic and American Music Hancock Church 1912 Massachusetts Ave (stone church across from the Battle Green)	The concert is family-friendly and includes music played on 5 octaves of hand bells and 6 octaves of hand chimes, sure to please all ages: Broadway hits such as “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” American ragtime, spirituals, and patriotic songs. Suggested donation of $3 per person to benefit the Russell School in Dorchester.
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM	“What Really Happened That Day” Talk	Lexington Minute Man Dan Fenn gives a half-hour talk on what really happened on April 19, 1775
12:30 PM	Float Judging Massachusetts Avenue in East Lexington. Free
1:00 PM	Paul Revere Arrives at the Battle Green on Horseback Free	Greeted by the Board of Selectmen and the Lexington Minute Men.
2:00 PM	Patriots’ Day Afternoon Parade  Free	Starting at Massachusetts Avenue and Maple Street in East Lexington, proceeding west along Massachusetts Avenue through Lexington center, left onto Worthen Road ending at the town pool parking lot.