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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.
Later, as public interest grew due to the bicentennial celebration of the American Revolutionary War, volunteers began to reenact that battle every Patriots' Day. The Lexington Minutemen, the militia group that fought in the original battle, [4] took the roles of the Minutemen. However, it was not until 1971 that the American Contingent of the ...
A historical reenactment of the Battle of Lexington takes place on the Battle Green every year on Patriots' Day as part of the Patriots' Day celebrations. Another important historical monument is the Revolutionary Monument, the nation's oldest standing war memorial (completed on July 4, 1799) and the gravesite of those colonists slain in the ...
The battles were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge. They marked the outbreak of armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and Patriot militias from America's thirteen colonies .
Founded as the Lexington Sinfonietta in 1995 by conductor Hisao Watanabe, [1] the Lexington Symphony is a group of musicians from the Lexington, Massachusetts, area. The Lexington Symphony performs a subscription series of Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon concerts each year in Lexington, including an April event linked to the town's historic heritage and Patriots' Day celebration. [2]
[citation needed] President Ulysses S. Grant considered not attending the 1875 centennial celebrations in the area to evade the issue. [citation needed] In 1894, Lexington petitioned the Massachusetts General Court to proclaim April 19 as "Lexington Day", to which Concord objected; the current name for the holiday is Patriots' Day. [6]
BOSTON — The organizers preparing the events throughout Massachusetts to mark the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution all agree: People are interested and will attend the festivities.
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]