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SUMMARY:Quock Walker Day Storytelling at Lexington Visitors Center
DESCRIPTION:Join us for ABCL’s 1st Annual Quock Walker Day Storytelling at Lexington Visitors Center\, 1875 Massachusetts Ave\, Lexington\, MA 02420. \n\n\n\nSaturday\, July 5\, 2025 from 9:45 am to 2:15 pm \n\n\n\nStorytelling\, perhaps the best-known oral tradition of African American culture\, exemplifies the desire to express oneself and convey a sense of heritage. Storytellers remain important people in the community; they transform listeners by sharing new perspectives and forgotten customs of the world in which we live. \n\n\n\nDuring Quock Walker Day at Lexington Visitors Center featured storytellers will celebrate the 242nd Anniversary of Massachusetts Emancipation Day and the 250th Anniversary of the Battle of Lexington. They will communicate memories of colonial Massachusetts\, along with tales of resilience\, ingenuity\, emancipation and patriotism from the 18th and 19th centuries. \n\n\n\nAnother Lex250 family event! \n\n\n\nThese storytellers were trained in workshops supported by a grant from the Community Endowment of Lexington.
URL:https://lex250.org/event/quock-walker-day-storytelling/
LOCATION:Lexington Visitor’s Center\, 1875 Massachusetts Ave\, Lexington\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,Free,Lecture,Living History
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SUMMARY:5th Annual Quock Walker Day Community Celebration: Quock Walker and the Black Patriots
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Quock Walker Day aka Massachusetts Emancipation Day with ABCL! \n\n\n\nJoin us for the fifth annual Quock Walker Day celebrations in Lexington on Saturday\, July 5\, 2025. \n\n\n\nCelebrate the 242nd Anniversary of Massachusetts Emancipation Day and hear how the Revolutionary War and the Black Patriots of Lexington and Massachusetts set the stage for Quock Walker’s judicial victories. His 1781 civil lawsuit for battery led to the 1783 criminal case that ended slavery in Massachusetts. \n\n\n\nJoin us for the 5th Annual Quock Walker Day Community Celebration at the Lexington Visitors Center Lawn\, 1875 Massachusetts Avenue\, Lexington\, MA 02420 – FREE. The festivities start at 11 am with music and recitation of the Governor’s Quock Walker Day proclamation. \n\n\n\nFIND YOUR JOY at any age with storytellers\, Farm to Plate Caribbean American Food Truck\, a dance workshop\, Black heritage scavenger hunts\, hands-on flax processing demonstration\, military reenactors\, and musical performance by Rhythms of Ghana. Festivities close with a poetry recital at 2 pm. \n\n\n\nHonor the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington which kickstarted the Revolutionary War and paved the way for Massachusetts to adopt a state constitution in 1780. In 1783\, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court confirmed that the idea of slavery is inconsistent with the 1780 Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. \n\n\n\nRain Location for the 5th Annual Quock Walker Day Community Celebration is First Parish of Lexington\, 7 Harrington Rd\, Lexington\, MA 02421 \n\n\n\nThank you to our partners and vendors: Church of Our Redeemer\, Clarke’s Cakes & Cookies\, Fresh Food Generation\, First Parish of Lexington\, Follen Church\, Hancock UCC\, LexFarm\, Lexington Visitors Center\, Rhythms of Ghana\, 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment Company A\, and the William Diamond Junior Fife and Drum Corps. \n\n\n\nCome early for colonial history and music and stay for the concert by Rhythms of Ghana. \n\n\n\nThis event is free. \n\n\n\nBONUS – Quock Walker Day Storytelling at Lexington Visitors Center – 9:45 am to 2:15 pm \n\n\n\nDuring Quock Walker Day at Lexington Visitors Center featured storytellers will celebrate the 242nd Anniversary of Massachusetts Emancipation Day and the 250th Anniversary of the Battle of Lexington. They will communicate memories of colonial Massachusetts\, along with tales of resilience\, ingenuity\, emancipation and patriotism from the 18th and 19th centuries.
URL:https://lex250.org/event/5th-annual-quock-walker-day-community-celebration-quock-walker-and-the-black-patriots/
LOCATION:Lexington Visitor’s Center\, 1875 Massachusetts Ave\, Lexington\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Black Patriots Of Lexington Video Unveiling
DESCRIPTION:Through a grant with the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism\, come celebrate and learn about Prince Estabrook\, Eli Burdoo\, and Pompey Fiske through newly released animated videos playing at the Lexington Visitors Center! On Monday\, September 22 at 9:30 a.m. join Town of Lexington staff and historian Sean D. Osborne for an unveiling to celebrate the untold stories of important patriots.
URL:https://lex250.org/event/black-patriots-of-lexington-video-unveiling/
LOCATION:Lexington Visitor’s Center\, 1875 Massachusetts Ave\, Lexington\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Free,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251002T190000
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CREATED:20250926T134738Z
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SUMMARY:Between the Mountain and the Sky\, Film Screening w/Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Between the Mountain and the Sky is a story of love and resilience after tragedy strikes humanitarian Maggie Doyne. Filmed over 20 years\, this inspiring true story follows one woman and 50 children who built a family — and found their way back to love after unimaginable loss. \n\n\n\nThe screening will be followed by a Q&A with Suzy Becker\, a former teacher at The Peck School in New Jersey. Suzy first traveled to Nepal in 2010 to meet Maggie and document the life-changing work of the Kopila Valley Children’s Home and School. She later returned to support teacher training and student assessment at the newly established school and has since hosted Kopila Valley teachers and students in her home. A passionate supporter of the BlinkNow Foundation\, Suzy remains dedicated to sharing its mission and celebrating Maggie’s inspiring vision for a better world. \n\n\n\nGet your tickets here: https://lexingtonvenue.com/shows/documentary/between-the-mountain-and-the-sky/202508231412236444
URL:https://lex250.org/event/between-the-mountain-and-the-sky-film-screening-w-qa/
LOCATION:Lexington Venue\, 1794 Massachusetts Ave\, Lexington\, MA\, 02140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Lecture
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SUMMARY:'Within the Compass of Good Citizens:' Paul Revere’s Masonic Journey
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on October 16\, 2025\, at 6 PM\, for ” ‘Within the compass of good citizens:’ Paul Revere’s Masonic Journey” with Steven C. Bullock\, Professor of History at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. \n\n\n\nFrom the son of an immigrant to speaking beside the governor on Beacon Hill\, Paul Revere traveled far in his extraordinary life. His membership in the Freemasons played an important role in that journey. This talk will consider how the fraternal order fit into Revere’s life—and into the development of Boston and the new nation. \n\n\n\nThis lecture\, part of our 50th anniversary programming\, is produced in partnership with the Paul Revere House. It will take place in person at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library and will be live streamed by local community access partner LexMedia. More info: https://bit.ly/3VUwz4K
URL:https://lex250.org/event/within-the-compass-of-good-citizens-paul-reveres-masonic-journey/
LOCATION:Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library\, 33 Marrett Road\, Lexington\, MA\, 02421\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T190000
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SUMMARY:Lyceum Conversation: Our Bodies\, Whose Rules?
DESCRIPTION:Hear from experts and join the conversation exploring the changing roles of government and individuals in healthcare: Who decides on who needs vaccinations and when? When should the government respond to a public health situation by imposing lockdowns or masking? Who should pay for healthcare?  \n\n\n\nDavid Fairman\, Senior Mediator at the Consensus Building Institute\, will serve as moderator for the evening. Panelists include Dr. Jillian Tung\, Lexington Board of Health\, Dr. Barbara Spivak\, internist and past president of Massachusetts Medical Society\, Monica Galizzi\, Ph.D. Professor of Economics at UMass Lowell. \n\n\n\nEvent is $5 donation. Please register at lexlyceum.org/events/.
URL:https://lex250.org/event/lyceum-conversation-our-bodies-whose-rules/
LOCATION:Lexington Community Center\, 39 Marrett Rd.\, Lexington\, MA\, 02421\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:“Dreadful were the Vestages of war:” Three Human Stories of April 19\, 1775
DESCRIPTION:Joel Bohy\, military historian and Antiques Roadshow presenter\, will give a lecture on Lexington’s Revolutionary War veterans at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library on November 20\, 2025\, followed by a signing of his 2025 book\, Bullet Strikes From the First Day of the American Revolution. \n\n\n\nThe lecture will take a closer look at three individuals involved in the beginning of the war: John Robbins of Lexington who was badly wounded on April 19\, James Hayward of Acton who was mortally wounded at Fiske Hill in Lexington\, and a British soldier who was wounded in Lexington on April 19 and went on to join the Lexington militia and the Continental Army. \n\n\n\nThis lecture is co-sponsored by Lexington History Museums and the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library\, as part of SRMML’s 50th anniversary programming. It will take place in person at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library and will be live streamed by local community access partner LexMedia. Livestream link will be posted prior to the event. \n\n\n\n\nGet Tickets\n\n\n\n\nSchedule:6:00: Doors open for viewing of special exhibition Protest & Promise: The American Revolution in Lexington7:00: Lecture8:00 Book Signing
URL:https://lex250.org/event/dreadful-were-the-vestages-of-war-three-human-stories-of-april-19-1775/
LOCATION:Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library\, 33 Marrett Road\, Lexington\, MA\, 02421\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T110000
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SUMMARY:Gallery tour of "Protest & Promise: The American Revolution in Lexington"
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://lex250.org/event/gallery-tour-of-protest-promise-the-american-revolution-in-lexington-nov22/
LOCATION:Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library\, 33 Marrett Road\, Lexington\, MA\, 02421\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Free,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260114T190000
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SUMMARY:Protecting Voting Rights
DESCRIPTION:Join us on the third night of MLK Week in 2026 for a critical discussion on the importance of Voting Rights\, the long struggle for the gains in passage of the Voting Rights Act from efforts of Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement and how make access to voting easier. \n\n\n\nYour voice matters and the 200 year struggle of Black Americans and allies culminated in the successful passage of the Civil Rights Movement. \n\n\n\nWhat do we stand to lose as the current administration and Supreme Court Justices continue to strip away the rights of Americans to our nations promise of a democratic ideal. \n\n\n\nThis event is FREE. Registration is appreciated: https://form.jotform.com/253517416796164 \n\n\n\nAll ages are welcome to attend.
URL:https://lex250.org/event/protecting-voting-rights/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260115T180000
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SUMMARY:Youth Voices- Artists in Protest
DESCRIPTION:Join us on the fourth night of MLK Week in 2026 where we activate and inspire our future generations to continue the work of advancing freedom\, democracy and human rights. \n\n\n\nArt and artist are the voices of all movements. Let’s build the next generation of movers and shakers right here in Lexington. \n\n\n\nThis event is FREE. Registration is appreciated and encouraged: https://www.jotform.com/form/253517487272161 \n\n\n\nAll ages are welcome to attend.
URL:https://lex250.org/event/youth-voices-artists-in-protest/
LOCATION:Munroe Center for the Arts\, 1403 Massachusetts Avenue\, Lexington\, Massachusetts\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260213T120000
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SUMMARY:Douglass Day 2026
DESCRIPTION:Our event\, organized for Black History Month by the Douglass Day organization (DouglassDay.org)\, will be one of about 100 being held across the country and involving thousands of people collaborating in person and online on digital transcriptions aimed at making Black history primary research materials more widely available. This year\, the transcriptions will focus on the materials of the Colored Conventions Project from the University of Delaware. These state and national conventions\, held from the 1830s through Reconstruction\, allowed Black abolitionists and leaders to work toward advancing the legal and civil rights of Black Americans in the 19th century and provided opportunities for leaders like Douglass to rise to prominence. \n\n\n\nThe event will be held from 12-3 pm and include a short transcription tutorial\, viewing of the national Douglass Day broadcast\, several periods of transcription activity\, displays\, and short presentations by local historians on the Colored Conventions\, Frederick Douglass’ visit to Lexington\, Black women honored on the Women’s Monument\, and more. We will also have a birthday cake to celebrate Frederick Douglass’ chosen birthday of February 14. We invite students and educators from local schools as well as the general public to attend. All are welcome. \n\n\n\nThis FREE event is sponsored by the Lexington Lyceum Advocates\, Lexington History Museums\, and LexSeeHer\, and we are actively seeking additional sponsors to help spread the word. Register your attendance: https://www.lexlyceum.org/events/
URL:https://lex250.org/event/douglass-day-2026/
LOCATION:Simon W. Robinson Masonic Lodge\, 3 Bedford St\, Lexington\, Massachusetts\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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