As the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War approaches, Lexington and Concord remain in dispute
A dispute that’s been going on for centuries has heated up again as the neighboring towns plan competing celebrations to mark ...
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A guide to Concord and Lexington’s Patriots Day weekend activities
Monday, April 15 In Lexington, actors in Colonial military dress will assemble on the Battle Green around 5 ... will be placed on the Revolutionary Monument, which marks the burial site of ...
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'Say you want a revolution?': 250 years ago, 'The shot heard around the world' rang out
It was the events on April 19, 1775, celebrated annually as Patriot's Day in Massachusetts, that gave the colonists their ...
Paul Revere's midnight ride 250th anniversary is this year. Immersive free exhibit opens
Fan of Revolutionary history? A new exhibition celebrating Massachusetts' role in the Revolutionary War opens in Boston today ...
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2 Mass. towns are among the ′52 places to go in 2025,′ according to The New York Times
Before the quill pens scratched parchment, the first Revolutionary War battles ... including the Lexington Depot, a former train station turned museum, and a new bronze monument, “Something ...
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"The Shot Heard Round the World"
Emerson's poem, first sung at the dedication of a battle monument during Concord's Fourth ... memorial to the events surrounding the Battle of Lexington and Concord is poet Henry Wadsworth ...
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As the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War approaches, Lexington and Concord remain in dispute
LEXINGTON — On April 19 ... and includes a contentious stretch in the 19th century centered around a Concord monument and a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson, which we’ll get into in a moment.