Declaring Independence Then & Now
The Depot 13 Depot Square, Lexington, MA, United StatesThis 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…
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Be a Tavern Keeper! A 1-Day Camp for Grades 3-5
Munroe Tavern 1332 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA, United StatesAn 18th century tavern was a busy place! Part restaurant, part hotel, part general store – running a business like this took a lot of…
Run a Colonial Farm! A 1-Day Camp for Grades 6-8
Hancock-Clarke House 36 Hancock Street, Lexington, MA, United StatesOdds are, if you lived in Massachusetts in the 18th century, you lived on a farm. What skills would you need to live off the…
A New Revolution in Lexington
The Depot 13 Depot Square, Lexington, MA, United StatesIn 2020, 16.82% of Lexington's population was Chinese, which is proportionally the second-highest Chinese population of the 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts. Yet just…
Be a Tavern Keeper! A 1-Day Camp for Grades 3-5
Munroe Tavern 1332 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA, United StatesAn 18th century tavern was a busy place! Part restaurant, part hotel, part general store – running a business like this took a lot of…
Run a Colonial Farm! A 1-Day Camp for Grades 6-8
Hancock-Clarke House 36 Hancock Street, Lexington, MA, United StatesOdds are, if you lived in Massachusetts in the 18th century, you lived on a farm. What skills would you need to live off the…
Lexington Celebrates Walking Tour 2024
Buckman Tavern 1 Bedford Street, Lexington, MA, United StatesParades, pageants and pandemonium have defined the many commemorations of the 1775 Battle of Lexington and the first shots of the War for Independence. Over…
Lafayette Redux: Exploring the Man and the Mania
The Depot 13 Depot Square, Lexington, MA, United StatesHow 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…
18th Century Living History and Games Day
Lexington Visitor's Center 1875 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA, United StatesWhat was life actually like in Lexington at the time of the American Revolution - who lived here, what did they do, and did anyone…
Hancock Street Architecture Walking Tour
Buckman Tavern 1 Bedford Street, Lexington, MA, United StatesWhen the Battle of Lexington was fought in 1775, Hancock Street was a country lane with just two houses. The next 150 years saw many…
Stories in Stone Graveyard Tour
Buckman Tavern 1 Bedford Street, Lexington, MA, United StatesVisit over three centuries of Lexington's past on a walking tour of the historic Old Burying Ground. Beautiful gravestone artwork - from skulls and crossbones…
Only Murders in the Tavern: A Buckman Tavern Murder Mystery
Buckman Tavern 1 Bedford Street, Lexington, MA, United StatesRevolution 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…