Battle Road Trail Walk 12:30 PM Join a Park Ranger for a 3 1/2 hour guided walk along the historic Battle Road Trail. more...
Sunday 5/3/2009
"Our Friend the Fugitive" 2:00 PM The Wayside sheltered both slave owners and fugitive slaves. Explore the actions of Casey, the Alcotts and the extended Hawthorne family as they face the realities of slavery. more...
Family Day 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Sponsored by The Friends of Minute Man National Historical Park, in cooperation with the Lincoln Minute Men. Join us for a family-friendly afternoon of demonstrations and talks by historical re-enactors, musket demonstrations, oxcart rides, fife and drum corps, children`s craft activities, and more, with special activities and refreshments available to members of the Friends.
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The Lincoln Minute Men Come Home 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Minute Man National Historical Park is pleased to welcome The Lincoln Minute Men back home to Hartwell Tavern and the Captain William Smith House. In 1775 both structures were inhabited by Lincoln Minute Men. Activities will include drill and musket firing demonstrations, fife and drum music, tavern life, period crafts, childrens games, drill with wooden muskets, and cooking as well as tours of the Captain William Smith House and the Bloody Angle where the Lincoln Minute Men had taken part in an ambush on the British column on April 19, 1775.
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Did You Know?
In 1940, Augustus Saint-Gaudens was honored in a series of U.S. postage stamps commemorating artists. His portrait appeared on the 3 cent stamp, first class postage at the time.