Acton’s Minutemen reenact the third stop of the alarm rider. Captain Faulkner raises the alert for the West Militia to muster at Faulkner House with three musket volleys.

Join the Acton Minutemen as they commemorate the heroic ride of the thirteen year old son of Captain Joseph Robbins, one of Acton’s militia leaders, in the early morning hours of April 19th, 1775. Click here to learn more about this story!

Image courtesy of Anne Forbes, Iron Work Farm

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.