Special Events 2025

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Check out all of our special events from historic trades demonstrations to walking tours

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Check back often for summer 2025 special events as we enter the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution!
 
 

September 2025

 

Memories of Elm Brook Hill

Saturday, August 30
Saturday, September 13
Saturday, September 20
1:00 and 3:00 pm
Meet at Hartwell Tavern

Join us for a special walk of the Elm Brook Hill battle site. Edmund Foster, a militiaman from Reading, Massachusetts (portrayed by park volunteer, Ed Hurley), will lead guests on a guided tour to the Elm Brook Hill (Bloody Angle) Battle Site where he fought on April 19, 1775. Foster will be joined by Lincoln, Massachusetts historian and author Don Hafner.

This event is co-sponsored by the Friends of Minute Man National Park
 

Minute Man Open House
Saturday, September 6, 2025
Colonel James Barrett House
The Wayside: Home of Authors
Captain William Smith House
10am - 4pm
Take the oportunity to visit three historic homes not regularly open to the public! The Colonel James Barrett House (448 Barrett's Mill Road, Concord), The Wayside: Home of Authors (455 Lexington Road, Concord, and the Captain William Smith House (park at Hartwell Tavern parking area, 112 North Great Road, Lincoln).

Each of these historic houses will be staffed with knowledgeable park rangers and volunteers who can help you discover the stories of those who once called them home.

In addition, Hartwell Tavern will be open on it's regular schedule of 10am - 4:30pm and the Meriam House will be open 1 - 4pm

 

The King of Battle: Artillery and the Siege of Boston
Hartwell Tavern
September 20, 2025
10am - 4:30 pm

On the afternoon of April 19, 1775 a reinforcement column led by British Brigadier General Hugh Percy arrived in Lexington to rescue the battered British Soldiers retreating from Concord. As Militia soldiers swarmed through Lexington the boom of two 6-pounder British Artillery pieces echoed across the town and sent the militiamen scattering for cover.
In the days and weeks that followed, provincial militia soldiers brought their own artillery to bare on the city of Boston.

Join Park Rangers and Living History Volunteers to learn about these important weapons. Programs will be held at 11am and 2pm. Firing will be dependent on weather and cannon crew. Hartwell Tavern will be open from 10am - 4:30 pm.

This event is co-sponsored by Friends of Minute Man National Park

 
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250th of the American Revolution

Learn about the 250th commemoration of the American Revolution at Minute Man National Historical Park.

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Patriots' Day (April 2025 Events)

Join us to commemorate the first battle of the American Revolution. Patriots' Day events occur annually during the month of April.

 

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North Bridge / Park Headquarters
174 Liberty St.
Concord, MA 01742

Phone:

978 369-6993

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