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Voices on the Green: "Risking It"
2025-11-07 19:00 (America/New_York) | First Parish Church, 7 Harrington Road, Lexington, MA, 02421, United States
Voices on the Green -Lexington’s premier live storytelling and music series- presents the third of four shows in collaboration with Lex 250 celebrations.

“Risking It” Six storytellers, speaking from their own perspective or embodying that of a historical figure, will share experiences from their lives that pushed them to take a risk. A teacher in a new job must decide whether to join his colleagues on the picket line. A woman finds the courage to join her husband and daughter rappelling from high cliffs, despite her fear of heights. We’ll experience the story of a Colonial woman who defied her Tory parents by marrying an officer of the Continental Army. Confronted by a Neo-Nazi, a man of mixed racial heritage risks physical harm if he voices his viewpoint. We’ll also learn how a kindergartner risked punishment to challenge an unfair rule, and feel the challenge of a computer programmer who abandoned financial security to pursue his artistic and creative muse.

All ages.

Admission is free. Reservations recommended: https://forms.gle/aM2aTR5AKvh1gz759

LABBB Best Buddies Craft Fair
2025-11-15 10:00 | Lexington High School Field House, 251 Waltham Street, Lexington, MA, 02420, United States
Annual Craft Fair to benefit LABBB’s Best Buddies chapters. Free Kid Activities.

Learn more: https://www.labbb.com/

Gallery tour of "Protest & Promise: The American Revolution in Lexington"
2025-11-22 11:00 | Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, 33 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA, 02421, United States
In 2025, the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library is celebrating its 50th anniversary with special gallery talks, engaging lectures, and exhibitions drawn from our rich collections. Our gallery exhibition “Protest & Promise: The American Revolution in Lexington” examines how an entire community—women, men, black, white, young, old, enslaved, and free—helped spark a revolution. Join museum staff this Saturday November 22 at 11 AM for a free gallery tour of this exhibition.

Annual Reenactment of Lexington's 1773 Tea Party
2025-12-13 12:00 - 15:00 | Buckman Tavern, 1 Bedford Street, Lexington, MA, 02420, United States
On December 13, 1773, unfair British taxes were on everyone’s mind as three ships sat in Boston harbor, carrying shipments of East India Company tea. Lexington Town Meeting concluded a multi-day debate with a resolution to stop purchasing or drinking imported British tea. The crowd spilled out onto the common behind the meeting house and made a bonfire, throwing the entire town’s supply of tea into it. Three days later, the Boston Tea Party would make headlines, but Lexington was there first.

Each year, Lexington History Museums reenacts this occasion with a day of tea history! Join us for fun, interactive activities to learn more about why tea was so important to the Revolution. Meet with the Lexington residents of 1773, portrayed by the Lexington Minute Men, to hear their side of the story, find out where tea comes from, and end the day by gathering around the fire and burning the tea!

Stop by for all the festivities:

LHM’s Buckman Tavern museum will be open 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, with holiday decorations. Admission will be “pay what you can!”

From 12:00 – 3:00 PM, learn more about the history of tea and its alternatives during the Revolution, with drop-in activities with Lexington History Museums and the Chinese-American Association of Lexington.

At 12:00 PM, join local children’s book author Sabrina Bhattacharjya in Buckman Tavern for a reading and signing of her new book, The Midnight Writer, sharing the story of the Battle of Lexington from the perspective of a young girl of the time.

From 12:00 – 1:00, meet with the Lexington Minute Men and learn more about the town’s role in the coming Revolution as the fire begins to grow in front of the Visitors Center.

At 1:00 PM, join us to burn the tea! We will open with a performance by the William Diamond Jr Fife and Drum Corps, and will be throwing real tea in the fire, generously donated by Mark T. Wendell Tea Company of Acton.

At 2:00 PM, warm up in the tavern with a special performance by the Lexington History Museums Singers to go along with your tea and historical hot chocolate!

Presented by Lexington History Museums in collaboration with the Lexington Minute Men, Chinese-American Association of Lexington, Boy Scouts Troop 160, and Mark T. Wendell Tea Company.

See more events: https://www.lexingtonhistory.org/events#calendar-73cd8540-5406-466b-b86b-a8793c3cb73c-event-lkssmqha

Annual Lexington Muster
2026-05-02 12:00 | Hastings Park, 10 Lincoln St, Lexington, MA, 02421, United States
The William Diamond Junior Fife and Drum Corps (WDJ) is hosting its Annual Lexington Muster and Parade on Saturday, May 2, 2026. This is a free all-day, colonial music concert, open to the public at Hastings Park, Lexington. This year, WDJ is celebrating our 25th Anniversary. Please make a plan to come and celebrate the sights and sounds of American History. For more information visit williamdiamondjrs.org.
