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  • July 2024

  • Fri 12
    Historical painting of the inside of a tavern.
    July 12, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Be a Tavern Keeper! A 1-Day Camp for Grades 3-5

    Be a Tavern Keeper! A 1-Day Camp for Grades 3-5

    Munroe Tavern 1332 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA, United States

    An 18th century tavern was a busy place! Part restaurant, part hotel, part general store – running a business like this took a lot of…

  • Fri 19
    Historical illustration of a farm.
    July 19, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Run a Colonial Farm! A 1-Day Camp for Grades 6-8

    Run a Colonial Farm! A 1-Day Camp for Grades 6-8

    Hancock-Clarke House 36 Hancock Street, Lexington, MA, United States

    Odds are, if you lived in Massachusetts in the 18th century, you lived on a farm. What skills would you need to live off the…

  • August 2024

  • Sat 3
    Historical painting of the inside of a tavern.
    August 3, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Be a Tavern Keeper! A 1-Day Camp for Grades 3-5

    Be a Tavern Keeper! A 1-Day Camp for Grades 3-5

    Munroe Tavern 1332 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA, United States

    An 18th century tavern was a busy place! Part restaurant, part hotel, part general store – running a business like this took a lot of…

  • Sat 10
    Historical illustration of a farm.
    August 10, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Run a Colonial Farm! A 1-Day Camp for Grades 6-8

    Run a Colonial Farm! A 1-Day Camp for Grades 6-8

    Hancock-Clarke House 36 Hancock Street, Lexington, MA, United States

    Odds are, if you lived in Massachusetts in the 18th century, you lived on a farm. What skills would you need to live off the…

  • September 2024

  • Sun 15
    An antique photo of a Lexington street during a parade to honor the Battles of Lexington in the 1800s.
    September 15, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Lexington Celebrates Walking Tour 2024

    Buckman Tavern 1 Bedford Street, Lexington, MA, United States

    Parades, pageants and pandemonium have defined the many commemorations of the 1775 Battle of Lexington and the first shots of the War for Independence. Over…

  • Sat 21
    Renee, Howe, Dawn, and Tova stand in the studio surrounded by their horses.
    September 21, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

    “Riding Through History” Public Art Series

    Lexington Post Office 1661 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA, United States

    The public art series, titled "Riding Through History" will be unveiled on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 10:00. A series of four life-size, fiberglass horses that…

  • Sat 21
    September 21, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

    Parker’s Prelude (Location Update: Lexington High School)

    Lexington High School 251 Waltham Street, Lexington, MA, United States

    Location Update: Parker's Prelude will take place at Lexington High School Parking & Access: Please park in the main school parking lot & enter through…

  • October 2024

  • Sat 5
    Only Murders in the Tavern Promotional Graphic
    October 5, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

    Only Murders in the Tavern: A Buckman Tavern Murder Mystery

    Buckman Tavern 1 Bedford Street, Lexington, MA, United States

    Revolution is in the air...and so is murder! In the spirit of Halloween, this month’s interactive Tavern Night will revolve around a mysterious death at…

  • Mon 14
    Lexington Indigenous People's Day Event Graphic.
    October 14, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Indigenous Peoples Day Conservation Walk

    Estabrook School Parking Lot 117 Grove Street, Lexington, MA, United States

    Walk led by Fran Ludwig to identify and discuss plants, animals and minerals and how they were used by Native People. This walk is sponsored…

  • Thu 17
    Reconstruction and the “Moral Sense of the Nation” with Dr. Robert Bellinger flier
    October 17, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

    Reconstruction and the “Moral Sense of the Nation” with Dr. Robert Bellinger

    Follen Church 755 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA, United States

    Dr. Bellinger is a public historian with a background in Black Studies and almost half a century of experience as an educator, and a Professor…

  • December 2024

  • Sat 14
    Boston Tea party reenactors throwing tea into a large fire.
    December 14, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Annual Reenactment of the Lexington Tea Party

    Buckman Tavern 1 Bedford Street, Lexington, MA, United States

    On December 13, 1773, three days before the Boston Tea Party, the Lexington Town Meeting concluded a multi-day debate with a resolution to stop purchasing…

  • January 2025

  • Sun 19
    January 19, 2025 @ 4:30 pm

    Lex Lux Illumination at the Ellen Stone Building

    Ellen Stone Building 735 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA, United States

    Join the Lexington Lyceum Advocates and the Lexington Youth STEAM team for an animated *outdoor* light show projected on the Stone Building. Learn about national…

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