Screening of an episode of ABCL’s Black Patriots of Lexington with Panel Discussion PLUS Unveiling of 11 Portrait Banners

Join ABCL in commemorating the significant role that Black men and women played in the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775.

Doors open at 6:30 pm for socializing with appetizers and drinks.

An episode of Black Patriots of Lexington will be screened followed by a panel discussion and Q&A session featuring some of the historians and other subject matter experts featured in the series.

To complement the Black Patriots of Lexington series, 11 portrait banners of the soldiers and civilians whose stories are uncovered have been created and will be unveiled during the evening’s ceremony.

There will also be an opportunity to take pictures with the portrait banners during the reception and after the screening.

Black Patriots of Lexington, a 9 episode series produced with LexMedia and Tricons 2 Red Tails, invites audiences on a journey through the lives of eleven Black men and women who were part of the economic, political and military revolution that came to a head in Lexington, Massachusetts on April 19, 1775.

ABCL’s Black Patriots of Lexington is supported by a Community Endowment of Lexington grant.