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Woburn GreenFest Community – Sustainability – Education – Fun Sunday, June 29th from 1:00-5:00 pm – North Suburban YMCA, 137 Lexington St., Woburn, MA Mystic River Watershed Association and Know Your Neighbor Woburn have joined forces to host Woburn GreenFest – a community “big tent” event celebrating and elevating awareness of Climate Justice and Green […]
The Lexington Lions Club will hold its 69th annual Fourth of July Carnival at Hastings Park of Lexington, corner of Worthen Road and Massachusetts Avenue, from Wednesday, July 2 through Sunday, July 6. Hours are: Wednesday, July 2, 6-11 p.m. Thursday, July 3, 6-11 p.m. Friday, July 4, 1-11 p.m. Saturday, July 5, 1-11 p.m. […]
Lend your voice to our community reading of the Declaration of Independence. We’ll be reading the Declaration periodically between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Take a photo with the Minuteman Statue to share on social media. - Pick up a new "No King, No Tyranny" yard sign or replace your weathered lawn sign. - […]
This dramatic presentation, created by Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area, aims to find out how our local towns read and reacted to the Declaration of Independence. Across the colonies, and particularly in Massachusetts, towns debated what freedom meant to them and grappled with the grievances aired in the official Declaration. What did the words in […]
Start the day with the 5th annual Quock Walker Day Hike for Freedom at Bowman Elementary School, 9 Philip Rd, Lexington, MA 02421. This family-friendly hike on the ACROSS Lexington Route M Loop commemorates Quock Walker’s journey from enslavement to employment in April 1781. Registration and storytelling at 8 a.m.; walk starts at 8:30 a.m.
Celebrate Quock Walker Day, aka Massachusetts Emancipation Day, with ABCL! Join us for the fifth annual Quock Walker Day celebrations in Lexington on Saturday, July 5, 2025. Celebrate the 242nd Anniversary of Massachusetts Emancipation Day and hear how the Revolutionary War and the Black Patriots of Lexington and Massachusetts set the stage for Quock Walker’s […]
Drop in to meet History Museum's guide and musician Darlene Wigton as she demonstrates 18th-century guitar music. You can even learn a song and join in! Included with museum admission.
Village Harmony World Music Ensemble Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at 7 P.M. Vermont-based Village Harmony, the remarkable teen world music ensemble, presents its concert program of the summer. The Teen Ensemble will be led by Patty Cuyler, Lonnie Norwood and Liam Kantor. These brilliant teen singers come from seven states, Canada and France. Village Harmony, […]
Celebrate the 242nd Anniversary of Massachusetts Emancipation Day, aka Quock Walker Day Quock Walker was enslaved in Barre, MA. His 1781 civil lawsuit for battery led to the 1783 criminal case that ended slavery in Massachusetts. Venus Roe was enslaved by Jonas Roe in Lexington. At about three years old, she was gifted to Smitheren […]
Join us for a candlelit evening of music in our beautiful courtyard garden! Fódhla brings both high energy and stellar artistry to the traditional music stage. The trio’s sound is firmly rooted in the traditional Irish melodies and ornamentation that fiddler Ellery Klein and flute player Nicole Rabata honed during years spent abroad in Ireland’s […]
Visit over three centuries of Lexington's past on a walking tour of the historic Old Burying Ground. From skulls and crossbones, to willow trees and urns, this is the perfect place to see the history of how our ancestors grappled with the concept of death through beautiful artwork. Discover how mortuary art has changed over […]
Drop in to meet Historical Society guide and musician Darlene Wigton as she demonstrates 18th-century guitar music. You can even learn a song and join in! Included with museum admission.