Historic Lexington Scavenger Hunt

Explore Lexington’s historic houses (Buckman Tavern, the Hancock-Clarke House, and Munroe Tavern), the Battle Green, and the Old Burying Ground, and see if you can answer the 10 questions below. You can print a copy of this scavenger hunt and bring it with you to Lexington when you visit.
  • How many patriots are buried on Lexington’s Battle Green?

  • What is a niddy noddy? Have you seen one?

  • Name a popular Colonial tavern drink. Do you know the recipe?
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  • What are the “Doolittle Prints” and why are they important?

  • What is a Meeting House? Where was Lexington’s?

  • Name two men who lived in the same historic house (at different times) and also share a gravesite.

  • Can you find the burial site of Captain John Parker? Are you sure you have the right Captain Parker? How can you tell?
  • Whose large, round kitchen table is at the Hancock-Clarke House?

  • What, or who, was left in Mary Munroe Sanderson’s bed?

  • What mark did the British soldiers leave at Munroe Tavern?
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And extra credit questions:
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  • Why did the Hancock-Clarke House have wallpaper in 1775 and Buckman Tavern did not?

  • How was Reverend Jonas Clarke related to the patriot John Hancock?

  • Who fired the First Shot of the American Revolution?
-- Jane Morse