Saturday 03.13.2010
The Dorchester Colonial Parade will be held in Dorchester, MA.  More details to follow.

Sunday 03.14.2010
The St. Patrick's Day Parade held in South Boston, MA will start at about 1:00pm but you need to arrive much earlier as the crowds are very large.  Public transportation is advised, schedules available at MBTA.COM.

Saturday 04.17.2010 
Saturday, April 17—Parker’s Revenge, Battle Road and Tower Park

Parker’s Revenge 8:00 am
You must be on Lexington Common by 8:00 am. There, we will inspect arms and be addressed by Captain Parker and Reverend Clarke before marching off about 9:00 am to the site where the men of Lexington ambushed the King’s troops on their return from Concord. We will conduct a ceremony at the site consisting of a three volley musket salute and inspiring words from Captain Parker and Reverend Kemper. We will then march on to Hartwell tavern where we will lunch prior to the engagement on Battle Road. Bring a lunch with you in your knapsack or snapsack. Try to make it look as close to an 18th-Century meal as possible. Also make sure you carry a full canteen of water. Note: do not carry any ammunition with you. The block in your cartridge box must be empty. The National Park will be supplying all ammunition for Parker’s Revenge and Battle Road. Our muskets will be inspected again at Parker’s Revenge by Park safety officers, so make sure they are clean, in good condition, and all screws tightened. No smocks, full gators, or striped socks. Clothing guidelines will be strictly enforced.

Battle Road 1:00 pm
Lexington will be featured in this year’s Battle Road on MMNHP as never before. No more struggling through brush and brambles and over stone walls for us.  Instead, we will march into the Hartwell Tavern area prepared to encounter the Redcoats on their return from Concord, but will be surprised and dismayed to find civilians still occupying Hartwell Tavern with the Redcoats just a short distance away. We will hurriedly escort the women and children to safety while at the same time fending off the Kings troops in a fighting retreat. Following this we will again attack as in the past from the secluded area to the southeast of Hartwell and help drive the Redcoats from the field. Thus we will be front and center for the crowd like no other unit.

Tower Park 4:00 pm
Following the battle you should fill your canteens and make a bathroom stop before boarding busses at Lincoln North to be dropped off at Munroe Tavern. There we will receive ammunition. Then, our assignment will be to attack the front of the British Column.

After the battle you should board the first bus—the one furthest down Marrett Road from the museum driveway—to be transported back to St. Brigid’s.

Sunday 04.18.2010
The famous Midnight Ride of Paul Revere is re-enacted by members of the Lexington community and Lexington Minute Men. It is enacted at the Hancock-Clark House in Lexington MA.

Monday 04.19.2010
The Patriots Day Re-enactment is the highlight event of the year. The Lexington Minute Men and local British Revolutionary War re-enactors commemorate the 234th Anniversary of the first day of the American War for Independence by re-enacting the skirmish that took place on Lexington Green, early on the morning of April 19, 1775. The reenactment of the ‘Battle of Lexington’ is on Patriot’s Day – April 19, 2010 and starts at 5:45 a.m. on the Lexington Town Green in Lexington MA. This includes a full day of activity in and around the center of Lexington with ceremonies and parades.

Monday, Patriot’s Day, April 19, 2010 Schedule of Events:

Colonial Kit

03:00 a.m. Mounting of first picket guard on Common

04:00 a.m. Mounting of second picket guard on Common. Second picket guard will be inspected & receive powder before going on duty

04:00 a.m. Breakfast served at St. Brigid’s

04:30 – 4:45 a.m. Inspection and Powder distribution

05:30 a.m. All Minute Men to be at assigned posts

06:00 a.m. Reenactment followed by ceremony in Old Burial Ground

07:00 a.m.2 Buses will transport Minute Men and William Diamond Jr Corps from St. Brigid’s to Muzzey Soccer Field

07:30 a.m. Lexington Sunrise Youth Parade steps off from Muzzey

08:00-8:15 a.m.(once parade arrives on Green. Battle Green Ceremonies on the Common

Dress Uniform

10:00 a.m. Lexington Lion’s Club Five Mile Road Race starts at Common—need 3-4 muskets

10:15 a.m. LMM and DAR Memorial Ceremonies followed by lunch at St. Brigid’s PCC’S and officers escort DAR members to lunch and join them at tables

11:00 a.m. U.S.S. Lexington Memorial Ceremonies – Captain and musket squad

12:15 p.m. Board shuttle bus from St. Brigid’s to start of afternoon parade

01:00 p.m.(tentative time) Paul Revere arrives at Common – Officers only

01:15 p.m.(tentative time)  Officers board bus to start of afternoon parade 02:00 p.m. Afternoon Parade steps off