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SUMMARY:Lafayette Redux: Exploring the Man and the Mania
DESCRIPTION:How does it happen that Americans are still staging rituals of adulation for Lafayette\, cheering him on Broadway\, 190 years after his death? It’s entirely fitting\, as it turns out\, because if anyone is suitable for immortality\, it’s the Marquis. Come explore why the man may well have been even greater than his myth\, with one of the nation’s leading Lafayette aficionados\, Alan Hoffman. He’ll talk us through Lafayette’s triumphs and setbacks\, his astonishing accomplishments\, and the lessons his life holds for each one of us and for our society. \nDoors open at 6:30 for refreshments. \n$10 members\, $15 nonmembers
URL:https://lex250.org/event/lafayette-redux-exploring-the-man-and-the-mania/
LOCATION:The Depot\, 13 Depot Square\, Lexington\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240704T190000
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SUMMARY:Declaring Independence Then & Now
DESCRIPTION:This dramatic presentation\, created by Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area\, aims to find out how our local towns read and reacted to the Declaration of Independence. Across the colonies\, and particularly in Massachusetts\, towns debated what freedom meant to them\, and grappled with the grievances aired in the official Declaration. What did the words in the final document mean to them? Costumed reenactors will bring life to the words of the past\, with narration by former State Representative Jay Kaufman. Rounding out our evening will be a performance by the Lexington Historical Society Colonial Singers. Some of our favorite tunes from the 18th century were highly political\, and many of them were also taken from popular English military music!
URL:https://lex250.org/event/declaring-independence-then-now/
LOCATION:The Depot\, 13 Depot Square\, Lexington\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family Friendly,Lecture,Living History,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240613T190000
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SUMMARY:Rick Beyer's Amazing Campaign for History's Hidden Heroes
DESCRIPTION:Nearly 20 years ago\, while living in Lexington\, author and filmmaker Rick Beyer learned the incredible story of the WWII deception units known as The Ghost Army. He soon launched a quest to tell the world about their exploits\, and to make sure what they did would never be forgotten. That led to the Ghost Army documentary (2013)\, the book (2015)\, and finally the Congressional Gold Medal (2024)\, the highest honor Congress can bestow. \nNow Rick returns to Lexington to recount his epic Ghost Army journey. It began on a winter’s day in a Lexington coffee shop\, and after innumerable twists and turns\, culminated in a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol presided over by the Speaker of the House. Rick will share insights\, anecdotes\, and behind-the-scenes adventures from this wild 20-year ride that so many people in Lexington took part in. All illustrated with rarely seen photos and footage. A story about what it really takes to see history preserved and remembered. \n“The Ghost Army” is one of those remarkable projects where the underlying story of bringing the history to light winds up nearly as compelling as the historical tale itself. Rick Beyer will share both those stories June 13. \nTickets: $10 members\, $15 nonmembers\, $5 veterans\, active duty military FREE. Tickets on EventBrite or at the door
URL:https://lex250.org/event/rick-beyers-amazing-campaign-for-historys-hidden-heroes/
LOCATION:Lexington Depot\, 13 Depot Square\, Lexington\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240611T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240611T200000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Curtis Chin
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with author\, filmmaker and activist\, Curtis Chin. Curtis’ memoir\, “Everything I Learned\, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant” serves up life lessons from a childhood spent in a Chinese restaurant. The conversation will be moderated by Dr. Hua Wang\, Co-President of the Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL). \nThis program is made possible by the generous donors to the Cary Library Foundation. \nLearn more and to register for the event.
URL:https://lex250.org/event/an-evening-with-curtis-chin/
LOCATION:Cary Memorial Library\, 1874 Massachusetts Avenue\, Lexington\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240530T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240530T203000
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SUMMARY:Immigration Story and Art Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Lexington is celebrating its diverse immigrant communities through a powerful art and storytelling exhibition from May 24 to June 14 at the Cary Memorial Library. The exhibition invites Lexington residents (Children\, Youth and adults) to submit writings and paintings that capture the immigrant experience – the emotions\, successes\, challenges\, courage and resilience in pursuit of the American dream. \nA panel of professional volunteers will review all submissions\, with top entries in each category receiving Golden\, Silver and Bronze awards. Winning writings will be featured in the form of abstracts or the first three pages\, alongside awarded paintings. \nThe exhibition highlights the importance of diversity\, equity and inclusion by providing a platform to share these powerful narratives of immigration. It is hosted by local organizations including the Chinese American Association Lexington\, Lexington Council for the Arts\, Lexington Lyceum Advocate\, Indian Americans of Lexington\, Japanese Support Group of Lexington\, Association of Black Citizens of Lexington\, Lexington Historical Society\, Monroe Center for the Arts\, and Lexington Human Rights Committee. \nA special storytelling reception will be held on Thursday\, May 30 from 6:30-8:30pm\, where light refreshments will be provided. This celebration of Lexington’s rich cultural diversity and the invaluable contributions of immigrants is a wonderful opportunity for the community to come together through art and shared stories.
URL:https://lex250.org/event/immigration-story-and-art-exhibition/
LOCATION:Cary Memorial Library\, 1874 Massachusetts Avenue\, Lexington\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Free,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240518T140000
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SUMMARY:My American Story
DESCRIPTION:This is an annual event to celebrate AAPI heritage month. We invite AAPI panelists from Lexington and the surrounding communities to share their personal stories to show the diversity and commonality within the AAPI community and what it means to be Americans of AAPI heritage. This event can help build connections between different ethnic groups within the AAP Community and between the AAPI and other communities. \nRegister here. \nPanelists\nCharles Inouye \nA resident of Lexington and a third-generation Japanese American\, Charles Inouye is a professor of Japanese literature and visual culture at Tufts University. For his life and spiritual journey\, see zion earth zen sky\, a haiku memoir\, and Hymns of Silence\, short stories mixed with haiku. \nWeina Dai \nWeina Dai Randel is the Wall Street Journal bestselling\, award-winning author of four historical novels\, including The Last Rose of Shanghai\, and The Empress of Bright Moon\, a duology about Wu Zetian. Weina is the winner of the RWA RITA® Award. She also received the Mass Cultural Council’s art grant in 2023. She lives in Lexington. \nYe Zhang Pogue \nYe Zhang Pogue\, Ph.D.\, is a health policy researcher and writer. She immigrated to the U.S. from China in 2011. She is active in public policy discussions that affect the AAPI community. She pursues her American Dream through civic engagement. \nLeela Jia-Ling Basu \nLeela Jia-Ling Basu is a Chinese Bengali American and a junior at Lexington High School. At LHS\, Leela is a Head of Lighting and President of the Drama Company. Additionally\, she is part of the Student Council and Global Mentor Alliance. Leela loves dancing with Legacy Dance Company. \nDiya Nigam \nA freshman at Lexington High School\, Diya Nigam is passionate about Indian Culture from its history to Bollywood movies. She serves as the Student Liaison for Indian Americans of Lexington (IAL). She has trained in Kathak\, North Indian classical dance\, for eight years and performed extensively across Boston.
URL:https://lex250.org/event/my-american-story/
LOCATION:The Depot\, 13 Depot Square\, Lexington\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240424T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240424T200000
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SUMMARY:Roads to Revolution: the Different Paths of Lexington and Concord
DESCRIPTION:This session will examine the similarities and differences between the two towns socially\, economically and politically\, and discuss how each came to play its signal part on April 19\, 1775. We’ll also look at the long dispute between the two towns\, starting in 1825\, with who deserved credit for firing the first shots and starting the Revolutionary War – and why that once mattered. \nAbout our speaker: \nRobert A. Gross is James L. and Shirley A. Draper Professor of Early American History Emeritus at the University of Connecticut. A specialist in the social and cultural history of the United States from the Revolution to the Civil War\, Gross focuses particularly on New England. His first book\, The Minutemen and Their World (1976)\, presents a community study of Concord\, Massachusetts\, in the eighteenth century\, portraying the lives and circumstances of inhabitants at all levels of the social order and tracing the internal conflicts that shaped the town’s participation in the mobilization against British rule. For this innovative interpretation of the American Revolution as a social movement\, Minutemen received the Bancroft Prize in American History in 1977; it was reissued in a 25th anniversary edition by Hill & Wang in 2001. A revised and expanded edition appeared in 2022 from Picador books\, in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. His studies of the Revolutionary period continued in the edited collection In Debt to Shays: The Bicentennial of an Agrarian Rebellion (1993). \nThis program is made possible by the generous donors to the Cary Library Foundation.
URL:https://lex250.org/event/roads-to-revolution-the-different-paths-of-lexington-and-concord/
LOCATION:Cary Memorial Library\, 1874 Massachusetts Avenue\, Lexington\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240408T131500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240408T150000
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SUMMARY:Dreadful Were the Vestiges of War - Arms and Battle Damage from the American Revolution
DESCRIPTION:This program is presented in partnership with Lexington Veterans Association. \nPresented by Joel Bohy\, Military Historian and Director of Historic Arms & Militaria for Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers \nMilitary arms expert Joel Bohy will present a study of the arms and ammunition used by both British and provincial forces on April 19\, 1775\, as well as the battle damage that remains. Using modern shooting incident reconstruction\, archaeology\, live fire studies\, and new research\, we can shed new light on the heavy fighting along the route of the British retreat back to Boston. \nRegistration is only required to watch via Zoom. In person attendance is on a first come basis. \nRegister here.
URL:https://lex250.org/event/dreadful-were-the-vestiges-of-war-arms-and-battle-damage-from-the-american-revolution/
LOCATION:Cary Memorial Library\, 1874 Massachusetts Avenue\, Lexington\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture
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