The Patriots’ Day 2023 Season at Minute Man Park
The Friends of Minute Man Park has a good rundown of events planned in and around that national park, all of them free. Check the park’s own site for updates. Here are some highlights.
Saturday, 8 April, 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.
Meriam Open House
Nathan Meriam House, 24 Old Bedford Road, Concord
Parking is available at the Meriam’s Corner Lot at 751 Lexington Road in Concord.
Saturday, 8 April, 1:00 to 2:00 P.M.
Meriam’s Corner Exercise
Meriam’s Corner, 24 Old Bedford Road, Concord
Saturday, 8 April, 3:00 to 4:00 P.M.
Paul Revere Capture Ceremony
Paul Revere Capture Site, 180 North Great Road, Lincoln
Additional parking at the Minute Man Visitor Center at 210 North Great Road, Lincoln.
Saturday, 15 April, 9:30 to 11:45 A.M.
Hartwell Tavern and Smith Open House
North Great Road, Lincoln
If you had to leave your home in a hurry, uncertain of your return, what would you take with you? Learn about the locals who struggled to save their families and belongings from the path of war.
Saturday, 15 April, 11:15 to 11:45 A.M.
Trepidation, Fever and Rushing to Arms
Captain William Smith House, North Great Road, Lincoln
See alarm riders in action, militia marching to the scene of battle, and civilians preparing to leave home. The Ladies Association of Revolutionary America will tell the stories of the common people who experienced the horrors of war first-hand.
Saturday, 15 April, 12:45 P.M.
Battle Road Tactical Demonstration
Meet at the Minute Man Visitor Center, North Great Road, Lexington
Watch hundreds of British and Colonial Reenactors engage in a battle demonstration showing the running fight that took place along this deadly stretch of road on the border of Lincoln and Lexington.
Parking is available in the Hartwell Tavern and Minute Man Visitor Center parking lots. There’s about a mile and a half between those sites, so people planning to attend this whole series of events should be ready to walk twice that distance.
Saturday, 15 April, 2:30 to 3:30 P.M.
Explore the Elm Brook Hill (Bloody Angle) Battle Site
Meet at Hartwell Tavern, 136 North Great Road, Lincoln
Edmund Foster, a militiaman from Reading, Massachusetts (portrayed by park volunteer Ed Hurley), will lead a tour to this key battle site where he fought on 19 April 1775, joined by Lincoln historian and author Don Hafner.
Sunday, 16 April, 1:30 to 4:30 P.M.
The Search of the Barrett Farm
Colonel James Barrett House, 448 Barrett’s Mill Road, Concord
Talk with costumed park rangers and volunteers about colonial military preparations. Around 3:30 P.M. British soldiers will arrive to search the property, as they did in 1775.
Monday, 17 April, 8:30 A.M.
North Bridge Fight Commemoration
North Bridge, Monument Street, Concord
This dramatic battle demonstration involving colonial minute men, British regulars, and musket fire marks what R. W. Emerson dubbed the “shot heard ’round the world.” The roads in Concord close at 8:30 A.M.
Tuesday, 18 April, 7:45 P.M.
Patriot Vigil
Lantern light procession from the North Bridge Visitor Center, 174 Liberty Street, Concord, to the North Bridge
As darkness descends upon the North Bridge battlefield, reflect on the events of 1775 and the meaning of liberty. This ceremony will feature a lantern-light procession, poetry, music, and a recitation of the names of the men who gave their lives on that “ever-memorable” 19th of April.
To participate in the procession, leave weapons at home and bring your own enclosed candle lantern–real candles only, no flashlights or LED lights.
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