Experience Patriots' Day at Minute Man National Historical Park Saturday, April 6, 2024 Paul Revere Capture Site 2:00-4:00 pm The Lincoln Minute Men present dramatic narrative in which Paul Revere and the other historic participants in the capture (played by LMM members) dispute with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the accuracy of Longfellow’s poetic version of […]
The Lincoln Salute: Â The Lincoln Minute Men host this event, featuring some of the finest fife & drum groups from near and far in Pierce Park. Bring a blanket and a picnic lunch. Â This event takes place, rain or shine. Â If it rains, the location changes to the Brooks School Auditorium, Lincoln, Ma. Â Event is […]
The Lincoln Minute Men re-enact the scene on the town common in the early hours of April 19, 1775, as minute men and their families responded to the alarm that British soldiers were advancing from Boston. The news is brought on horseback by Captain William Smith, the alarm is sounded by the town bell and […]
The Dawn Tribute is a moving and public ceremony designed more recently to commemorate the Revolutionary Patriots buried next to Bemis Hall. The Dawn Tribute is a brief but dramatic ceremony. As the Patriot roll is called, soldiers reply from the graveyard and come join the ranks. A fifer plays a lament; a soldier fires […]
Eleven Lincoln Patriots of the Revolution and five British soldiers are buried in the oldest of Lincoln’s three burial grounds. An annual commemorative ceremony by the Lincoln Minute Men has been conducted at their graves for more than fifty years. The Company assembles with a contingent of British soldiers and invited dignitaries at Pierce House, […]
April 20, 2025 7:00 PM Lincoln Public Library Lawn, 3 Bedford Road Stand on the edges of time and watch a moving reenactment of the alarm and muster that took place in Lincoln 250 years ago. All is quiet… then, in the distance, the steady rhythm of galloping hooves breaks the stillness. The sharp, urgent […]
Monday, April 21, 2025 6:45 AM Tribute 7:00 AM March to Concord Starts next to Bemis Hall 15 Bedford Road Start your day with a solemn tribute at dawn at the Bemis Burying Ground, where we honor the fallen patriots who gave everything for liberty. At 7:00 AM, this moving ceremony will lead into a […]
The Lincoln Minute Men host invited fife & drum groups from throughout New England for an afternoon of 18th century music in Pierce Park. Bring a picnic lunch and blanket to sit on. Free event. Image courtesy of the Lincoln Minute Men https://freedomsway.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/REV-STORIES_logo-mark_square.png This event explores our region's revolutionary past! Learn about Freedom's Way 250 […]
Sunday, April 27 3:30 PM Pierce House to march to the Old Precinct Burial Ground, 17 Weston Road 4:00 PM Old Precinct Burial Ground, located in the southeast corner of the Lexington Road Cemetery in case of rain, all observances will take place at the Pierce House, 38 Lexington Road Join for a solemn ceremony […]
Sunday, April 19, 2026 Lincoln Public Library Lawn 7:00 PM Stand on the edges of time and watch a moving reenactment of the alarm and muster that took place in Lincoln 251 years ago. Join us for an unforgettable evening as we reenact the alarm and muster—the moment when Lincoln’s residents heard the call to […]
Monday, April 20, 2026 6:45 AM Tribute 7:00 AM March to Concord Starts next to Bemis Hall 15 Bedford Road, Lincoln, MA Start your day with a solemn tribute at dawn at the Bemis Burying Ground, where we honor the fallen patriots who gave everything for liberty. At 7:00 AM, this moving ceremony will lead […]
Sunday, April 26, 2026 3:30 PM Pierce House, 17 Weston Road, march to the Old Precinct Burial Ground 4:00 PM Old Precinct Burial Ground, 38 Lexington Road, located in the southeast corner of the Lexington Road Cemetery. In case of rain, all observances will take place at the Pierce House. Join us for a solemn […]