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SUMMARY:Screening of the Pompey Fiske Episode of The Black Patriots of Lexington
DESCRIPTION:Explore the often-overlooked role that Black people played in the Battle of Lexington & the Revolutionary War\, including enslaved soldiers. \n\n\n\nMilitary Patriot Pompey Fiske – explore the role that Black men and women\, like enslaved Lexington resident Pompey Fiske played in the Revolutionary War. \n\n\n\nThis episode features the inspirational story of Pompey Fiske and his journey from being an enslaved witness of the intense fighting at Fiske Farm on April 19\, 1775 to a soldier in the Continental Army. \n\n\n\nWhile enslaved\, Pompey Fiske lived in the Ebenezer Fiske House\, which is located on the eastern boundary of Minute Man National Historical Park near the intersection of Wood Street and Old Massachusetts Avenue. \n\n\n\nExplore what it was like to be a servant for life in Colonial Lexington and to fight for a nascent country while enslaved. \n\n\n\nA free event. \n\n\n\nPresenters: Dr. Bill Poole\, PhD\, retired history and science teacher and historian for the Lexington Minute Men and Sean D. Osborne\, public historian and producer of the Black Patriots of Lexington YouTube series. \n\n\n\nFor more information on the Black Patriots of Lexington video series visit www.abclex.org and https://lex250.org/lexington-blackpatriots/ \n\n\n\nCohosted by the Association of Black Citizens of Lexington\, Lexington History Museums and Tricons 2 Red Tails.
URL:https://lex250.org/event/screening-of-the-pompey-fiske-episode-of-the-black-patriots-of-lexington/
LOCATION:Lexington Depot\, 13 Depot Square\, Lexington\, MA\, 02420\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250503T140000
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SUMMARY:Becoming an Historical Reenactor Workshop II
DESCRIPTION:Learn from world-renown storytellers Rochel Coleman and Valerie Tutson how to bring stories to life on the stage and at an historical site. \nLearn how to bring the stories of the Black men and women who played important roles in the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19\, 1775. Also\, help to build their 18th century community by learning to tell the stories of the men and women\, Black\, White\, and Indigenous Caribbean who were their family members\, friends\, patrons\, and enslavers. \nLearn storytelling techniques and frameworks to identify\, craft\, and share stories to inspire audiences. \nAnd learn the business of storytelling and reenacting from professionals with decades of experience. \nABCL’s Black Patriots of Lexington is a multi-pronged project that includes a nine-part series that explores the lives of 5 soldiers who fought in Lexington on April 19\, 1775; three Black men who witnessed the battle as Lexington residents and later enlisted in the Continental Army; and two Black women and one Black man who witnessed the first day of war. Of the 8 soldiers\, 3 were born into land-owning\, tax-paying families and 5 were born into enslavement. All served their nascent country well and 7 of the 8 are known to have died free men. \nThe project also includes portrait banners of the 11 featured Black Patriots and two workshops to help create a community of storytellers and reenactors that can bring these amazing 18th century lives to a 21st century audience. \nABCL’s Black Patriots of Lexington is supported by a Community Endowment of Lexington grant. \nReserve your spot: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-patriots-of-lexington-becoming-an-historical-reenactor-workshop-ii-tickets-1297073554919?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
URL:https://lex250.org/event/becoming-an-historical-reenactor-workshop-ii/
LOCATION:Community Room – Lexington Police Station\, 1575 Massachusetts Avenue\, Lexington\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,Lecture,Living History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250405T140000
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SUMMARY:Becoming an Historical Reenactor Workshop I
DESCRIPTION:Learn from world-renown storytellers Rochel Coleman and Valerie Tutson how to mine the archives and weave primary sources into an engaging story that brings history to life. \nLearn how to bring the stories of the Black men and women who played important roles in the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19\, 1775. Also\, help to build their 18th century community by learning to tell the stories of the men and women\, Black\, White\, and Indigenous Caribbean who were their family members\, friends\, patrons\, and enslavers. \nLearn storytelling techniques and frameworks to identify\, craft\, and share stories to inspire audiences. \nAnd learn the business of storytelling and reenacting from professionals with decades of experience. \nABCL’s Black Patriots of Lexington is a multi-pronged project that includes a nine-part series that explores the lives of 5 soldiers who fought in Lexington on April 19\, 1775; three Black men who witnessed the battle as Lexington residents and later enlisted in the Continental Army; and two Black women and one Black man who witnessed the first day of war. Of the 8 soldiers\, 3 were born into land-owning\, tax-paying families and 5 were born into enslavement. All served their nascent country well and 7 of the 8 are known to have died free men. \nThe project also includes portrait banners of the 11 featured Black Patriots and two workshops to help create a community of storytellers and reenactors that can bring these amazing 18th century lives to a 21st century audience. \nABCL’s Black Patriots of Lexington is supported by a Community Endowment of Lexington grant. \nReserve your spot: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-patriots-of-lexington-becoming-an-historical-reenactor-workshop-i-tickets-1296881480419?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
URL:https://lex250.org/event/becoming-an-historical-reenactor-workshop-i/
LOCATION:Church of Our Redeemer\, 6 Meriam St\, Lexington\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,Free,Lecture,Living History
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SUMMARY:Unveiling of ABCL's Black Patriots of Lexington Portrait Banners and Screening of an episode of Black Patriots of Lexington
DESCRIPTION:Come commemorate the significant role that Black men and women played in the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19\, 1775. \nDoors open at 6:30 for socializing with appetizers and drinks. \nAn episode of Black Patriots of Lexington will be screened at 7 pm. ABCL Historian Sean D. Osborne will moderate a panel discussion and Q&A session featuring some of the historians and other subject matter experts featured in the series. \nTo complement the Black Patriots of Lexington series\, 11 portrait banners of the soldiers and civilians whose stories are uncovered have been created and will be unveiled during the evening’s ceremony. \nThere will also be an opportunity to take pictures with the portrait banners during the reception and after the screening. \nBlack Patriots of Lexington \, a 9 episode series produced with LexMedia and Tricons 2 Red Tails\, invites audiences on a journey through the lives of eleven Black men and women who were part of the economic\, political and military revolution that came to a head in Lexington\, Massachusetts on April 19\, 1775. \nABCL’s Black Patriots of Lexington is supported by a Community Endowment of Lexington grant. \nReserve your spot: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unveiling-of-abcls-black-patriots-of-lexington-portrait-banners-tickets-1290570433909?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
URL:https://lex250.org/event/unveiling-of-abcls-black-patriots-of-lexington-portrait-banners/
LOCATION:Church of Our Redeemer\, 6 Meriam St\, Lexington\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240706T110000
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SUMMARY:4th Annual Quock Walker Day Community Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Quock Walker Day celebrates the Massachusetts Supreme Court decision of July 8\, 1783\, that found a White enslaver guilty of assault on Quock Walker\, a freedom seeking Black man\, and agreed with Chief Justice Cushing that the ideas of slavery and perpetual servitude were incompatible with the state constitution. \nCommunity Celebration Main Stage\n11 AM – Opening Ceremony \n12 pm -West African Dance Workshop with Crocodile River Music  \n\nLearn and practice steps from traditional West African dances\, while dancing to live musical accompaniment provided by members of the CRM team. This high-energy experience is engaging and educational for people of all ages\, backgrounds and capabilities.\n\n1 pm – Crocodile River Music Concert \n\nDance to music performed by musicians from Mali\, Senegal\, Burkina Faso\, Guinea\, & the US\n\nFood and Drink\n\nJamaica Mi Hungry – food truck\nClarke’s Cakes & Cookies\, LLC\n\nFamily and Freedom: Colonial Massachusetts to Civil War\n\nBarbadoes of Lexington: From Emancipation to Abolition – Learn about an enslaved couple who were married in Lexington and whose descendants fought for the abolition of slavery across the country.\nYeomen Burdoos of Lexington – Hear how a 40 acre homestead supported a tax paying Black family of Cambridge Farms\nProcessing Flax into Linen with Cate and Prince Chester – Flax was cultivated in the Nile Delta by the Egyptians in 5\,000 BC. Learn how an emancipated couple of Lexington supplemented their income by processing flax into linen.\nHands-On Flax Processing Demonstration with Michelle Parrish\, School and Family Programs Coordinator\, Historic Deerfield\nLexington Minute Men – Meet some of the men whose valor during the Revolutionary War allowed for the Commonwealth to ratify its constitution in 1780. Members of the Barbadoes and Burdoo families were veterans of the Revolutionary War.\nCambridge Black History Project – Hear the stories Quock Walker’s nieces and nephews who fought for civil rights\, worked on the Underground Railroad and fought for the abolition of slavery across the USA.\nSalem United\, Inc. – Learn how the emancipation of Cumono in 1783\, led to his grandson Robert Morris becoming a member of the Massachusetts Bar in 1847.\n54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment\, Company A – Meet some of the men whose valor during the Civil War led to the surrender of Confederate forces and the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation by the occupation of the defeated Confederate States of America. Some Burdoos and Walker Lewis descendants were veterans of the Civil War.\nColonial Games\n\nCelebration Partners \n\n54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment\, Company A\nCambridge Black History Project\nFirst Parish in Lexington\nHancock United Church of Christ\nLexFarm\nLexington Historical Society\nSalem United\, Inc.
URL:https://lex250.org/event/4th-annual-quock-walker-day-community-celebration/
LOCATION:Lexington Visitor’s Center\, 1875 Massachusetts Ave\, Lexington\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children,Community Engagement,Family Friendly,Free,Living History,Outside
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SUMMARY:4th Annual Quock Walker Day Hike for Freedom
DESCRIPTION:ACROSS Lexington Route M Loop\nA Family Friendly Trail Walk of 3.3 Miles\n8:00 AM – Registration & Storytelling\n8:30 AM – Walk starts \nRegister at qwdhike4freedom2024.racewire.com \nHear the story of Quock Walker’s life and judicial victories while celebrating the 241st Anniversary of Massachusetts Emancipation Day. \nThis event will run from 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM.
URL:https://lex250.org/event/4th-annual-quock-walker-day-hike-for-freedom/
LOCATION:Bowman Elementary School\, 9 Philip Rd\, Lexington\, MA\, 02421\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family Friendly,Free,Living History,Outside
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