PHOTO BY RICK BEYER
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Lexington Visitor’s Center
1875 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA
Free And Open To The Public
Lexington Historical Society and The Lexington Minute Men invite all to an all-day event free and open to the public. The events will take place on the grounds of another sponsor of the event, the Lexington Visitor’s Center (1875 Massachusetts Avenue) and will begin at 9AM with an 18th century soldier encampment, followed by musket drills, 18th century cooking demonstrations, parades, and music, and culminate with the burning of the tea at 1:30PM. Historic Buckman Tavern will also be open for special holiday tours beginning at 1PM. Please see below for a complete itinerary of events.
ABOUT THE LEXINGTON TEA BURNING
Three days before the Boston Tea Party, citizens of Lexington burned all their tea in a common bonfire, and issued a stirring resolution supporting the people of Boston, announcing that anyone in Lexington who used tea would be treated “as an enemy of this town and this country.” The resolution also contained these fiery words which resonate down through history: “Should the State of Our Affairs require it, We shall be ready to Sacrifice our Estates, and every thing dear in Life, Yea & Life itself, in support of the common Cause.”
