📅 A Year of Community, History, and Celebration
From April 19, 2024, to April 19, 2025, Lex250’s Countdown Calendar gave the community a daily journey through Lexington’s history and heritage. Each day featured a different community group, showcasing Lexington’s strength, diversity, and civic engagement.
This donor-funded project was launched on April 19, 2024, on the lawn of the Town Office Building to serve as a daily, visual marker of the approaching 250th anniversary. The initiative paired the physical countdown with a digital storytelling campaign on the Lex250 website, which highlighted the people, places, and projects that define the town. Each day, a different “Calendar Keeper”—including schools, civic groups, and local businesses—flipped the number, underscoring the broad community ownership of the commemoration. The year-long program concluded with a ceremonial final flip just before the Midnight Ride on April 19, 2025, when “Paul Revere” officially changed the number from 1 to 0.
The Calendar wasn’t just about history — it was a living celebration of Lexington today, connecting historical milestones to people shaping our community.
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