The City of Medford’s annual Patriots’ Day Celebration begins with festivities at 10 a.m. with a ceremony at the Salem Street Burying Ground between Salem Street and Riverside Avenue at River Street. At 10:30 a.m., there will be food, games and music in Medford square. At noon, gather at Captain Isaac Hall’s House (now the Islamic Cultural Center of Medford) at 43 High Street to await the arrival of Paul Revere in the reenactment of his historic Midnight Ride from Charlestown to Lexington and Concord.

Photo courtesy of Wicked Local Staff Photo/David Sokol

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.