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Patriots' Grave in the Old Burying Ground cemetery, Arlington, Massachusetts Patriots' Day (Patriot's Day in Maine) [1] is an annual event, formalized as a legal holiday or a special observance day in six U.S. states, commemorating the battles of Lexington, Concord, and Menotomy, the inaugural battles of the American Revolutionary War.
Lexington is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, located 10 miles (16 km) from Downtown Boston. The population was 34,454 as of the 2020 census . [ 1 ] The area was originally inhabited by Native Americans, and was first settled by Europeans c. 1642 as a farming community.
Laid out in 1635, it is now part of the Concord Monument Square–Lexington Road Historic District. [ 1 ] The square is prominently known as the site of British activities on April 19, 1775, the day of the battles of Lexington and Concord , which began the American Revolutionary War , and of earlier meetings by Massachusetts Patriots , which ...
“From the patriotic concert and the Bluegrass 10,000, all the way to the parade, the fireworks (and) all the festivities that go on, it’s going to be another great week of events this year ...
The Old Belfry is a historic structure on Clarke Street in Lexington, Massachusetts, United States.It stands on Belfry Hill. [1]The belfry was erected at its current location in 1762, but it was moved a few yards away to Lexington Common [2] in 1768, after Jonas Monroe, on whose land it originally stood, wanted the town to pay him taxes for keeping it there. [1]
The Lexington Battle Green, also known as Lexington Common, is the historic town common of Lexington, Massachusetts, United States. It was at this site that the opening shots of the Battles of Lexington and Concord were fired on April 19, 1775, starting the American Revolutionary War. Now a public park, the common is a National Historic Landmark.
Thaddeus Bowman (1712-1806) was the last scout sent out by Capt. John Parker at Lexington, Massachusetts, but the only one to find the approaching British troops and get back to warn the militia on the first day of the American Revolution ("the shot heard 'round the world").
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