The Lexington Battle Green was rededicated on the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Local, state and military leaders spoke during the event, including U.S. Rep. Katherine ...

And as a result, the British fired a full volley, roughly 100 muskets, point blank range into the Lexington company," Cain said.Steve Cole, of Lexington, portrays Parker during the anniversary ...

Some began to descend on Lexington's Battle Green as early as 4 a.m. on April 19. It was there, 250 years ago, that the Battles of Lexington and Concord began, ...

Battle reenactment. Lexington is the home of the Lexington Battle Green, where the first battle of the Revolutionary War was fought on April 19, 1775.

250 years to the day, a group of passionate and committed reenactors stood upon the Battle Green, between Massachusetts Avenue, Bedford Street and Harrington Road and put on a worthy show for the ...

Exactly 250 years after the opening shots of the American Revolution — the Lexington Battle Green once again became a stage for the story that changed a nation.

This year marks the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. Before dawn on April 19, crowds gathered at Lexington Battle Green to watch a reenactment of the first shots of the ...

Amid a hail of gunfire, they watched as British soldiers confronted an overmatched group of Lexington Minute Men on Lexington Battle Green. The battle, which left eight Americans dead and 10 ...

Lexington Green as it appears in an 1890s photograph, with the old battle monument shown near the center. ... None of them knew that men lay dead on Lexington Green. For them, no war had begun.

For 250 years, historians have argued over who fired first at the Battle of Lexington, when Massachusetts militiamen faced British soldiers about 20 miles west of Boston.

Battle reenactment. Lexington is the home of the Lexington Battle Green, where the first battle of the Revolutionary War was fought on April 19, 1775.

The 250th Anniversary Battle Reenactment at Lexington Battle Green on Saturday, April 19, 2025 in Lexington, Mass. Sebastian Restrepo.