Dedicated on July 4, 1837, the twenty-five foot tall 1836 Battle Monument was the first monument erected at the North Bridge Battlefield.

The home of one of Concord’s leading citizens during the Revolutionary War, Barrett Farm is where the munitions and provisions that the British were seeking on April 19, 1775 were stored.

A nineteen-acre parcel of open space protected by the Walden Woods Project, Brister’s Hill is named for Brister Freeman who once lived on the property. Freeman, formerly enslaved, served in the American Revolution.

The Buttrick House was the home of Major John Buttrick, who led the march against the British at the North Bridge and ordered his men to fire after being fired upon.

Visit the Concord Museum to tour the April 19, 1775 galleries which include muskets, powder horns, swords, documents and other objects related to the fight at Concord’s North Bridge and the Revolutionary War.

Located near the North Bridge, the Grave of British Soldiers marks the site where members of the British light infantry are interred after being killed during the battle.

Following the fight at the North Bridge, it was at Meriam’s Corner that the next major engagement along the Battle Road occurred.

Referred to as the location of the “shot heard round the world,” and the beginning of the American War of Independence, the North Bridge battlefield is a commemorative landscape marking the events of April 19, 1775.

Located in a brick mansion built by descendants of the Buttrick family, the seasonally operated North Bridge Visitor Center in Minute Man National Historical Park features a video about the North Bridge fight, a diorama, interpretive exhibits, and a bookstore.

Located at Monument Square, the Old Hill Burying Ground was Concord’s first burial ground. Forty veterans of the Revolutionary War, including Major John Buttrick, are buried here.

Unveiled in 1875, The Minute Man statue was designed by Daniel Chester French to commemorate the spot where the first colonial militia men in Concord were killed on April 19, 1775.

On April 19, 1775, Concord’s “Patriot Minister” Reverend William Emerson and his family witnessed the battle of Concord’s North Bridge from the second floor windows of The Old Manse.

A “witness house,” The Wayside was home to Samuel Whitney, muster master of the Concord Minute Men and delegate to the Massachusetts Provincial Congress.

Located next door to First Parish Church, where the Massachusetts Provincial Congress met, the Concord Minute Men assembled at Wright’s Tavern on April 19, 1775.

The central tavern on Lexington Green in 1775, Buckman Tavern was where Captain Parker and his militia gathered in the early morning hours of April 19th to await the arrival of British Redcoat Troops. Take a self-paced audio tour of its period rooms and learn what life was like in an 18^th century tavern. Buckman Tavern is home to the Lexington Historical Society’s Museum Shop.

Fiske Hill Seventy-five acres of field and forest located on the eastern boundary of the Battle Road Trail where on April 19, 1775, fighting between Colonial Militia and British regulars occurred.

Hancock-Clarke House The home of Reverend Jonas Clarke, patriots John Hancock and Samuel Adams were awakened here in the early hours of April 19, 1775 by Paul Revere as he rode through the countryside warning of the approaching British. View the orientation film, First Shot: The Day the revolution Began and the exhibit, Treasures of the Revolution.

Located in Minute Man National Historical Park, the Jacob Whittemore House was home to Jacob and Elizabeth Whittemore, their daughter Sarah and her husband Moses Reed and their three children on April 19, 1775.

Located outside Munroe Tavern, the John Raymond Memorial commemorates John Raymond, a member of Captain Parker’s Company who was shot and killed as he left the tavern becoming the tenth citizen of Lexington to be killed on April 19, 1775.

Dating to 1750, the Jonathan Harrington House was the home of Jonathan Harrington, who was allegedly “wounded on the Common April 19, 1775 and dragged himself to [his] door, and died at his wife’s feet,” according to the plaque in front of his home.

The Jonathan Harrington Jr. House was home to the last survivor of the Battle of Lexington, fifer Jonathan Harrington, who served in Captain Parker’s Company of Minute Men.

Site of the first battle of the American Revolution, Lexington (Battle) Green, is interpreted by costumed colonial period costumed guides during the spring, summer and fall seasons, who provide free tours, offered by the town. These include a detailed account of the events that took place on April 19, 1775. Its numerous monuments and memorials commemorate the Battle of Lexington.

Facing the road by which the British approached, The Lexington Minuteman was designed by sculptor Henry H. Kitson and erected in.

The Lexington Minutemen Memorial honors the colonial minutemen who engaged the British in battle at Lexington Green on April 19, 1775.

Erected in 1799 to commemorate the eight minutemen killed here on April 19, 1775, the Lexington Revolutionary War Monument occupies the southwest corner of Lexington Green. It is the oldest war memorial in the United States.

At the Lexington Visitors Center, located across from Lexington Green, you can book a Battle Green Tour, purchase tickets to the Liberty Ride, and find Information about town wide cultural and historical attractions. An interpretive exhibit provides a starting point for exploration. Visitor services include a gift shop and public restrooms.

Sited on Lexington Green, the Line of the Minutemen historical marker commemorates the beginning of the Battle of Lexington in 1775 and is inscribed with a quote attributed to Captain John Parker.

Built in 1729 and located across from Lexington Green, the Marrett and Nathan Munroe House is a ‘witness house’ that was home to local selectman Marrett Munroe. His son, minuteman Nathan Munroe, saw action during the skirmish on Lexington Green.

Preserved and operated by the Lexington Historical Society, the Munroe Tavern served as temporary headquarters and field hospital for British Brigadier General Earl Percy on the afternoon of April 19, 1775, as the British retreated to Boston. View the exhibit Relics of the Redcoats to learn about the British perspective on the day’s events and see where General George Washington dined on his visit to Lexington in 1789.

An exact replica of the original belfry that stood on the Common, the Old Belfry sounded the alarm on the morning of April 19, 1775, calling the militia to arms. The tolling of its bell each year signals the start of the Patriots’ Day Reenactment.

Dating to 1690, the remains of many well-known Lexingtonians are buried in the Old Burying Ground, including the grave of Captain John Parker, ministers John Hancock and Jonas Clarke and their spouses, and an unnamed Redcoat soldier wounded in the battle of April 19, 1775.

Dedicated in 2008, the Prince Estabrook Memorial commemorates the life of Prince Estabrook, an enslaved man who fought with his white neighbors against the British Army on April 19, 1775.

One of the few wooded areas along the Battle Road, it was at Bloody Angle that minutemen ambushed and killed approximately thirty British soldiers as they retreated to Charlestown.

Brooks Village contains an ensemble of structures owned by Brooks family members including the Samuel Brooks House, the Job Brooks House, the Noah Brooks House and Tavern and the Joshua Brooks House.

Built in the late 1600s the Captain William Smith House is one of eleven witness houses located along the Battle Road in Minute Man National Historical Park. Smith was captain of the Lincoln Minute Men.

Built between 1732 and 1733, Hartwell Tavern was home to Ephraim and Elizabeth Hartwell and their nine children. Located along what was the historic Bay Road, the house operated as a tavern until the 1780s. Now within the boundaries of Minute Man National Historical Park, it has been restored to its 1775 appearance.

At Parker’s Revenge, Captain John Parker and his Lexington militia confronted the retreating British, positioned behind a rocky hillside along the Battle Road near the boundary of Lincoln and Lexington.  

A monument marks the spot where Paul Revere and fellow riders William Dawes and Samuel Prescott ran into a patrol of British soldiers. At the Paul Revere Capture Site, Revere was detained, to later be released.

En route to Lexington, Paul Revere tethered his horse outside the home of Isaac Hall, Captain of the Medford Minute Men, to warn him of the British advance. The Captain Isaac Hall Hitching Post commemorates the site, Paul Revere’s first stop on that fateful evening.

Once home to the largest slaveholding family in Massachusetts, the Royall Family lived on this property until the outbreak of the American Revolution when they fled to Britain and the estate was confiscated. Today, the Royall House and Slave Quarters serves as a museum that bears witness to the intertwined stories of wealth and bondage, set against the backdrop of American Independence.

Dating from 1683, the Salem Street Burying Ground is the resting place of Captain Isaac Hall and Revolutionary War heroine Sarah Bradlee Fulton.

Located in an open field next to the Middlesex Canal, the Baldwin Landing Plaque marks the location of the private wharf and landing of inventor and Revolutionary War soldier, Colonel Loammi Baldwin.

Woburn’s first and oldest cemetery, the First Burial Ground is the final resting place of early settlers, military heroes, church leaders, oldest families, and descendants of several U.S. Presidents. Buried here are Colonel Loammi Baldwin and his family and Daniel Thompson, Woburn’s first military casualty of the Revolutionary War.

Inventor, politician and Revolutionary War soldier, Loammi Baldwin is commemorated in a six-foot-tall bronze statue. Mounted on a granite pedestal, the Loammi Baldwin Statue includes five bronze plaques detailing his many accomplishments.