Lexington’s Patriots’ Day Parade honors Lexington’s history as the birthplace of liberty and provides a fun-filled afternoon for families of all ages. This year’s parade on Saturday, April 19, at 2 pm, will be bigger and more exciting than ever. It will include reenactors, marching bands, floats, fife & drums, clowns & jugglers, dancers, dignitaries, celebrities, and the Shriners. Check our website (lexingtonma.gov/1568/Parade-Sponsorship) for additional sponsorship information.

The afternoon features a 125-unit parade, marching over 2.5 miles along Massachusetts Avenue from Maple Street to Worthen Road.

There will be nearly 2,700 marchers, reenactors, and performers including (in no particular order):

The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps
The West Point Band
William Diamond Junior Fife and Drum
The Spirit of ’76: Fifes and Drums
U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps
Navy Band Northeast
Ancient & Honorable Artillery Co. of Mass.
The 6th Connecticut Regiment
1st Delaware Regiment
Greater Boston Firefighters Pipes and Drums
Marblehead Base U.S. Submarine Veterans
Blues Brothers, the Next Generation
National Lancers, ceremonial cavalry squadron
Hobby Knoll Stable Clydesdales
Aleppo Shriners
Lexington Minute Men
Bedford and Lincoln Minute Men
Lexington Historical Society and Lexington Scout Troops 10, 119, and 160 with a historic pumper fire truck
Lexington civic groups including Town Meeting members, Lexington Youth Commission and Lexington Visitors Center
Dance performances by Artisan Dance Academy (ADA), Samskriti School of Dance, The Dance Inn and db studios

Additionally, numerous Lexington civic groups are joining the parade, including Lexington Lions, LexSeeHer Inc., Association of Black Citizens of Lexington (ABCL), Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL), Indian Americans of Lexington (IAL), Chinese Americans of Lexington (CALex), Korean-American Organization of Lexington (KoLex), LexFarm, Lexington Field & Garden Club, Lexington High School classes of 1965, 1975 and 1985, Lexington Goes Purple and many more!

Lineup subject to change.

This event explores our region’s revolutionary past! Learn about Freedom’s Way 250 and discover the many ways the Heritage Area and its partners are commemorating and celebrating our nation’s semiquincentennial anniversary.