Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of April 19, 1775 with a free community celebration at the Museum!

Fee admission (9:00 am – 5:00 pm), including access to the immersive April 19, 1775 galleries to see the original lantern from Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride and the new special exhibition Whose Revolution.

A family-friendly encampment of Revolutionary Living History (10:00 am – 5:00 pm). Billerica Colonial Minutemen will drill with muskets, cook over an open firepit, and demonstrate colonial crafts.

Family drop-in activities (9:00 am – 4:00 pm) inspired by the American Revolution and the new Barefoot Books publication Rise Up!

A Forum with Doris Kearns Goodwin (6:00 – 7:00 pm) on the American Revolution and its legacy.

An outdoor concert with the Goodwin Band (7:30 – 8:30 pm), finishing with a view of a town-wide drone show.

Food trucks, an ice cream truck, and a wine and beer truck all day and evening.

Free Museum admission is supported by Highland Street Foundation, and Patriots’ Day family activities are supported by the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati.

Photo courtesy of the Concord Museum

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.