LEXINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY EVENTS
PATRIOTS' DAY WEEKEND EVENTS 2014
SATURDAY, APRIL 19:
• 10:00am – 4:00 pm: Buckman Tavern, Hancock-Clarke House, and Munroe Tavern open for tours.
• 10:00am – 4:00 pm Munroe Tavern open for tours.
(regular ticket prices: 3-house $12/adults & $8/children; 1-house $7/adults $5/children)
• 8:00 pm: In Their Own Words performance at Pilgrim Church, 55 Coolidge Ave, Lexington, MA; Members: $7 adults/$3 children, Non-Members: $10 adults/$5 children; Tickets available 10-4 daily at the Buckman Tavern Museum Shop starting April 5, or by calling 781-862-1703.
Click Here for more information on this exciting and dramatic performance and Click Here to purchase tickets for this wonderful event!
SUNDAY, APRIL 20:
• 10:00am – 4:00 pm: Buckman Tavern, Hancock-Clarke House, and Munroe Tavern open for tours.
(regular ticket prices)
• 8:00 pm: Colonial Singers and Dancers Performance; 8:00pm at the Depot; $5.
• 11:30 pm: Paul Revere’s Ride Reenactment; Hancock-Clarke House, 36 Hancock St.; Free
MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2014: Patriots' Day
• 6:30 am – 8:00 am: Buckman Tavern open for walk through tours ($3/adults $1/children)
• 8:00 am – 2:00 pm: Buckman Tavern, Hancock-Clarke House, and Munroe Tavern open for regularly priced
tours (closing early for parade)
• 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, & 11:00 am: “First Shot! The Day the Revolution Began” Movie Screening & Question /Answer session with British & Colonial Re-enactors
Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square. $3/Adults, $1 Children at the door
Please call 781-862-1703 to sign up or for more information.
For a complete listing of Patriot's Day events in Lexington, click here
SATURDAY, APRIL 19:
• 10:00am – 4:00 pm: Buckman Tavern, Hancock-Clarke House, and Munroe Tavern open for tours.
• 10:00am – 4:00 pm Munroe Tavern open for tours.
(regular ticket prices: 3-house $12/adults & $8/children; 1-house $7/adults $5/children)
• 8:00 pm: In Their Own Words performance at Pilgrim Church, 55 Coolidge Ave, Lexington, MA; Members: $7 adults/$3 children, Non-Members: $10 adults/$5 children; Tickets available 10-4 daily at the Buckman Tavern Museum Shop starting April 5, or by calling 781-862-1703.
Click Here for more information on this exciting and dramatic performance and Click Here to purchase tickets for this wonderful event!
SUNDAY, APRIL 20:
• 10:00am – 4:00 pm: Buckman Tavern, Hancock-Clarke House, and Munroe Tavern open for tours.
(regular ticket prices)
• 8:00 pm: Colonial Singers and Dancers Performance; 8:00pm at the Depot; $5.
• 11:30 pm: Paul Revere’s Ride Reenactment; Hancock-Clarke House, 36 Hancock St.; Free
MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2014: Patriots' Day
• 6:30 am – 8:00 am: Buckman Tavern open for walk through tours ($3/adults $1/children)
• 8:00 am – 2:00 pm: Buckman Tavern, Hancock-Clarke House, and Munroe Tavern open for regularly priced
tours (closing early for parade)
• 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, & 11:00 am: “First Shot! The Day the Revolution Began” Movie Screening & Question /Answer session with British & Colonial Re-enactors
Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square. $3/Adults, $1 Children at the door
Please call 781-862-1703 to sign up or for more information.
For a complete listing of Patriot's Day events in Lexington, click here
SATURDAY, MAY 3, 5 PM at Buckman Tavern: Members-only open house to see the completed restoration and opening of a new exhibit: "The Battle After the Battle: the Lexington-Concord Tug of War for Revolutionary Fame."
SUNDAY, MAY 4, 12 - 4 PM at Buckman Tavern: Open house – Grand re-opening of Buckman Tavern with free admission from 12 - 4 PM and ribbon cutting at 2 PM
MONDAY, MAY 5, 9 AM at the Depot: Beyond the Minutemen: Personal Tales of the Revolutionary Era
The Golden Ball Tavern Museum will hold its eighth biennial symposium in collaboration with the Lexington Historical Society at the Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Sq., Lexington from 9 am - 4 pm. Begin with a talk from Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm on her book Peter's War: A New England Slave Boy and the American Revolution which deals with a slave child from Lincoln called Peter. Next, learn about the wives of Benedict Arnold and Henry Knox in Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women Who Married Radical Men from award-winning author Nancy Rubin Stuart, who has just completed her acclaimed study of Lucy Flucker Knox and Peggy Shippen Arnold. After lunch, guests will hear from Lexington historian Mary Fuhrer, who will present "Also Alarmed: Lexington's Women and Children on April 19, 1775" and share the stories of those who weren't necessarily on the battlefield that day. Afterward, guests will tour the newly restored Buckman Tavern and attend a reception there.
Admission: $75.00 - boxed lunch included
To sign up or for more Info, Click Here!
The Golden Ball Tavern Museum will hold its eighth biennial symposium in collaboration with the Lexington Historical Society at the Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Sq., Lexington from 9 am - 4 pm. Begin with a talk from Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm on her book Peter's War: A New England Slave Boy and the American Revolution which deals with a slave child from Lincoln called Peter. Next, learn about the wives of Benedict Arnold and Henry Knox in Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women Who Married Radical Men from award-winning author Nancy Rubin Stuart, who has just completed her acclaimed study of Lucy Flucker Knox and Peggy Shippen Arnold. After lunch, guests will hear from Lexington historian Mary Fuhrer, who will present "Also Alarmed: Lexington's Women and Children on April 19, 1775" and share the stories of those who weren't necessarily on the battlefield that day. Afterward, guests will tour the newly restored Buckman Tavern and attend a reception there.
Admission: $75.00 - boxed lunch included
To sign up or for more Info, Click Here!
TUESDAY, MAY 6, 9 AM departure from the Depot: Quick Trip to the Isaac Royall House and the
Medford Historical Society, $20 members/$25 non-members, call 781-862-1703 to register
Medford Historical Society, $20 members/$25 non-members, call 781-862-1703 to register
SATURDAY, MAY 10, 9 AM – 5 PM: Free entry to Concord Museum for Historical Society
members to see the exhibit The Shot Heard Round the World: April 19, 1775. Some of the Society’s important Battle of Lexington artifacts, including the famous Diamond drum, will be on display at the Concord Museum as part of their exhibit. Society membership card must be presented at the door for free admission.
members to see the exhibit The Shot Heard Round the World: April 19, 1775. Some of the Society’s important Battle of Lexington artifacts, including the famous Diamond drum, will be on display at the Concord Museum as part of their exhibit. Society membership card must be presented at the door for free admission.
TUESDAY, MAY 13, 6:00 PM at the Depot: Book Club Dinner and Discussion of The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America by James T. Patterson. Free, dessert only. New Book Club members welcome!
Please call 781-862-1703 to register.
Please call 781-862-1703 to register.
FRIDAY, MAY 23, 7-9 PM at the Depot: Relinquished Treasures members-only reception
and sale. Please put aside your gently used but unneeded furniture, art work, china, silver, collectibles, linens and the like for this sale. You can call 781-862-1703 for pick up or delivery.
and sale. Please put aside your gently used but unneeded furniture, art work, china, silver, collectibles, linens and the like for this sale. You can call 781-862-1703 for pick up or delivery.
SATURDAY, MAY 24, 9 AM - 2 PM at the Depot: Relinquished Treasures public sale. Come find some hidden treasure!
SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 11 AM – 5 PM Homes in the Heart of Lexington house tours. Tour a dozen beautiful homes within walking distance of Lexington Center. Advance purchase tickets $20 members/$25 non-members; day of tour $25/$30. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Depot office at 781-862-1703, by visiting the Buckman Tavern Museum Shop, or by purchasing through our website HERE. Advance purchase tickets will be available for pick up at the Lexington Depot the day of the tour, June 1, starting at 10 AM. Day of tour tickets will be available for purchase at the Depot.
FRIDAY, JULY 4, 7 PM at the Depot: Declaiming of the Declaration of Independence and His Majesty’s Response. Free, ice cream for purchase.
July 7 - July 11: 9am-3pm Daily at the Depot and Museums: First Shot! 1775 Summer Camp for Children
Ages 7-12; $275/child; Registration Information HERE
Ages 7-12; $275/child; Registration Information HERE
