250th Anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord coming up...

Channel 10's been covering all this heavily over the last couple weeks or so, which is nice to see.


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Minutemen and Jumbotrons: Previewing the Battle of Lexington's 250th anniversary

A major milestone in the history of America takes place next month in Massachusetts: The 250th anniversary of the battles at Lexington and Concord, on April 19. “This is where the shot was heard ’round the world, and we are so proud that we can host an event for the whole world to see,”...
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‘One if by land, two if by sea': Concord commemorates Paul Revere's midnight ride

April marks 250 years since the battles of Lexington and Concord, and leading up to that anniversary, those communities are finding unique ways to commemorate these events. History is coming alive in Concord, 250 years after Paul Revere’s midnight ride. Concord-based community arts organization...
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Can't comment on any other mainstream coverage.
 
The combat veterans motorcycle association is putting on a ride starting at the convention center and ending in Lexington on April 19th. I’m Not sure how well the timing of this plays into other events of the day but it would be good to get an NES group together.

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Paul Revere Motorcycle Ride - The Civil Rights Coalition

Paul Revere Motorcycle Ride Everyone Meets at 2:30am - Kickstands Up at 3AM SHARP (Details Below) A commemorative ride echoing Paul Revere’s legendary midnight ride 250 years ago, rallying patriots and honoring the revolutionary spirit. Sign Up for the Ride SIGN UP NOW Join Us - Recreate History...
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Will there be a parade of modern day minutemen? Wouldn't that be something to behold? Would send a strong message, and how would they stop it, in light of the meaning of the whole "celebration"/memorial/remembrance?
 
JFR2 said:
There is a possibility that the royal family will attend the events. Which then opens the possibility of POTUS visit. Then it would get a SEAR (Special Event Assessment Rating) and might even turn into a NSSE (National Special Security Event). Those are public safety shit shows since the USSS is lead.

-JR
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Whether Trump's there or not, there will be moonbat demonstrators present comparing him with George III or worse.
 
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As a resident in one of the affected towns, we received the following:

There will be many 250th activities in Lincoln, Concord and Lexington on Saturday, April 19th. Many of the roads in these towns will be closed. Please refer to the details below.

Patriots' Day 2025 - Learn how to get around!​

250TH COLLABORATIVE EVENTS CALENDAR

MBTA SCHEDULE - Take the MBTA!

Take the train from Lincoln to Concord on April 19, 2025! Trains are running once an hour, outbound from North Station, beginning at 4:30am. First train stops in Lincoln at 5:04am. Just in time for the 6am Dawn Salute in Concord. To learn more, click on the train schedule. **Note: Bikes will not be allowed on the trains.

For more information on the MBTA train and bus schedule (Lexington and Arlington are served by bus only). Click here.

Take the bus to Concord on April 19th - A school bus will make continuous loops from the Lincoln School - K-4 (Smith) parking lot to the Concord Museum with a stop at the Walden Pond parking lot. This service is free and runs from 6am-9pm. The frequency of the bus arriving and leaving will depend on many uncontrollable factors. There are no set pick-up times at the school. Please allow plenty of time.

CONCORD ROAD CLOSURES

Road closures will start in Concord Center on Friday April 18 around 6 PM and will remain closed up through late Saturday April 19. The opening of the roads will start after the Drone Show Saturday night and will be completely opened by 11 PM Saturday night. Please see the map for details. The streets outlined in red are hard closures, meaning there is basically no traffic allowed and the streets outlined in yellow are soft closures, meaning that they are open to local traffic. Click here to see the map.

To learn more about Patriots' Day weekend in Concord, including parking maps, road closures, amenities, live streaming services for the parade, etc., click here!

LEXINGTON PARKING MAP - click here for the map

The best place to park is the town's municipal parking lots. These lots are strategically located throughout the town, including near Lexington Center, the Battle Green, and other event venues. Additionally, during larger events such as the commemorations of the Battles of Lexington, designated parking areas may be available at nearby schools or public facilities, with shuttle services provided to transport attendees to the event sites. It’s advisable to arrive early to secure parking, as spaces can fill up quickly during peak times. Additionally, visitors should be mindful of any parking restrictions or permit requirements in residential areas surrounding event locations. Satellite Parking details and Center Parking Details

ARLINGTON PARKING MAP - Street parking is allowed.

BIKE DETAILS - Concord - Bicyclists are advised to use caution along the Concord parade route and park bikes at the bike racks located around town center.

BIKE DETAILS - Lexington - Four bike corrals will be set up around town. Riders are strongly encouraged to utilize the MinutemanBikeway, especially as crowds grow leading up to the parade. Bicycles, skateboards, scooters, or other forms of recreational wheeled transportation are not allowed on the sidewalk in Lexington Center. Click here for more details.

ROUTE 2A is open to bicyclists. Just use caution as there will be buses and emergency vehicles using Rte 2A & Hanscom Drive.

SPECTATOR GUIDELINES FOR RESIDENTS ATTENDING 250th EVENTS. Click here

GETTING TO EVENTS IN THE MINUTE MAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK ON APRIL 19, 2025 FROM CONCORD OR LEXINGTON.

Also, there will be free shuttle buses running about every 15 minutes from 6am to 7pm. The pick-up/ drop-off locations are in Concord at the Concord Museum or in Lexington on Park Drive. These shuttle buses will travel Rt. 2A with stops in MMNHP at the Visitors Center and the Hartwell Tavern (in Lincoln). Click on this map for more details.
 
Dennis in MA said:
FWIW - you coudln't BUY a crappy tricorner hat back in 76. They had the black felt ROUND hats like they sell as pirate hats. You'd try and fold them and use paperclips to make them tricorner and it would fail. 7yo Dennis in MA was very sad. LOL
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They had them around 2010 or so. Also, some wooden "muskets" for kids.

not new guy said:
Is it like my town's 4th of July parade, where I'm the only one booing and hissing the redcoats marching while the rest of the people around me are politely clapping for them?
I still don't understand how anybody could still be a Loyalist all these years later.
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My kids would lay in waiting when the redcoats came and shoot at them from behind stone walls and trees, just like the Minutemen! They might have even yelled "Die Redcoat!" or something, goaded on by yours truly.

rep308 said:
Oh and make sure you go to the Red Sox game at 11 after and watch the marathon stragglers after the game
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We did that one year also. We heard all the hubub, and realized it was the cheering as each one went over the finish line. I asked the wife if we should go down from where we were, right at the T stop. She said no, because the kids were little then and tired out. Then she and my daughter told me on the train she thought she heard a loud noise. And there was a T cop on the train who dropped the F-bomb, and we knew something happened. We saw cruisers and black SUV's going the opposite direction on the Pike all the way to Worcester.
 
KM1313 said:
As a resident in one of the affected towns, we received the following:

There will be many 250th activities in Lincoln, Concord and Lexington on Saturday, April 19th. Many of the roads in these towns will be closed. Please refer to the details below.

Patriots' Day 2025 - Learn how to get around!​

250TH COLLABORATIVE EVENTS CALENDAR

MBTA SCHEDULE - Take the MBTA!

Take the train from Lincoln to Concord on April 19, 2025! Trains are running once an hour, outbound from North Station, beginning at 4:30am. First train stops in Lincoln at 5:04am. Just in time for the 6am Dawn Salute in Concord. To learn more, click on the train schedule. **Note: Bikes will not be allowed on the trains.

For more information on the MBTA train and bus schedule (Lexington and Arlington are served by bus only). Click here.

Take the bus to Concord on April 19th - A school bus will make continuous loops from the Lincoln School - K-4 (Smith) parking lot to the Concord Museum with a stop at the Walden Pond parking lot. This service is free and runs from 6am-9pm. The frequency of the bus arriving and leaving will depend on many uncontrollable factors. There are no set pick-up times at the school. Please allow plenty of time.

CONCORD ROAD CLOSURES

Road closures will start in Concord Center on Friday April 18 around 6 PM and will remain closed up through late Saturday April 19. The opening of the roads will start after the Drone Show Saturday night and will be completely opened by 11 PM Saturday night. Please see the map for details. The streets outlined in red are hard closures, meaning there is basically no traffic allowed and the streets outlined in yellow are soft closures, meaning that they are open to local traffic. Click here to see the map.

To learn more about Patriots' Day weekend in Concord, including parking maps, road closures, amenities, live streaming services for the parade, etc., click here!

LEXINGTON PARKING MAP - click here for the map

The best place to park is the town's municipal parking lots. These lots are strategically located throughout the town, including near Lexington Center, the Battle Green, and other event venues. Additionally, during larger events such as the commemorations of the Battles of Lexington, designated parking areas may be available at nearby schools or public facilities, with shuttle services provided to transport attendees to the event sites. It’s advisable to arrive early to secure parking, as spaces can fill up quickly during peak times. Additionally, visitors should be mindful of any parking restrictions or permit requirements in residential areas surrounding event locations. Satellite Parking details and Center Parking Details

ARLINGTON PARKING MAP - Street parking is allowed.

BIKE DETAILS - Concord - Bicyclists are advised to use caution along the Concord parade route and park bikes at the bike racks located around town center.

BIKE DETAILS - Lexington - Four bike corrals will be set up around town. Riders are strongly encouraged to utilize the MinutemanBikeway, especially as crowds grow leading up to the parade. Bicycles, skateboards, scooters, or other forms of recreational wheeled transportation are not allowed on the sidewalk in Lexington Center. Click here for more details.

ROUTE 2A is open to bicyclists. Just use caution as there will be buses and emergency vehicles using Rte 2A & Hanscom Drive.

SPECTATOR GUIDELINES FOR RESIDENTS ATTENDING 250th EVENTS. Click here

GETTING TO EVENTS IN THE MINUTE MAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK ON APRIL 19, 2025 FROM CONCORD OR LEXINGTON.

Also, there will be free shuttle buses running about every 15 minutes from 6am to 7pm. The pick-up/ drop-off locations are in Concord at the Concord Museum or in Lexington on Park Drive. These shuttle buses will travel Rt. 2A with stops in MMNHP at the Visitors Center and the Hartwell Tavern (in Lincoln). Click on this map for more details.
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No mention of canoes or kayaks. I remember seeing some on the river. A unique way of getting into the middle of it.
 
Gee what a coincidence a celebration of freedom in a State run by socialist! I attended over 25 years ago it was awesome! Now forget about it I am sure dimples and her cohorts will be there ! It's a crying shame that freedom for this great country started here but now????
 
Coyote33 said:
They had them around 2010 or so. Also, some wooden "muskets" for kids.
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Not Lexington or Concord, but the Bunker Hill Day Parade, Main Street Charlestown, 1972. The main kids in the pic are my siblings and cousins. I like my cousin with her fingers in her ears. I'm in the background.
Not sure if my cousins with the parade rifles would be arrested today.
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It will be difficult to get into town. I know that ALL roads between Carlisle and Concord will be closed. You will need to take a shuttle, and you must register for the shuttle and parking ahead of time.

I imagine it will be a similar situation for other surrounding towns.
 
jakeroub said:
It will be difficult to get into town. I know that ALL roads between Carlisle and Concord will be closed. You will need to take a shuttle, and you must register for the shuttle and parking ahead of time.

I imagine it will be a similar situation for other surrounding towns.
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Yes, the entire town will be shut down starting Friday night I believe. No parking even outside of downtown at the school lots like they usually allow.
 
Asaltweapon said:
I hope they invite protesters. Crimes in the national park are federally court heard. Even a speeding ticket goes to Boston according to a Park Ranger who told be.
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Nah. This isn't a National Park. It's a National Historic Park. That's very different, as far as law enforcement is concerned. I doubt your park ranger understood that. If that was true, half of eastern MA would be under federal jurisdiction, and it isn't.

Yosemite has its own federal courthouse. Concord isn't that kind of national park. Speeding on Rte 2A is not a federal offense.
 
Picton said:
Nah. This isn't a National Park. It's a National Historic Park. That's very different, as far as law enforcement is concerned. I doubt your park ranger understood that. If that was true, half of eastern MA would be under federal jurisdiction, and it isn't.

Yosemite has its own federal courthouse. Concord isn't that kind of national park. Speeding on Rte 2A is not a federal offense.
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I was sitting in his passenger seat when I was told. I was being driven around looking at the wooden walkways for a town project.

If he was full of shit that’s on him. I honestly don’t know or care these days. I only repeated what I was told. I guess these guys are like a cop knowing gun laws.
Carlisle thought I was going to build these walks in the subdivision we did. Fat chance but you gotta kiss the ring and get a report that they never read anyway. 😂
 

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