Lexington Walking Map

The extraordinary events of April 19, 1775 took place along a single dirt road between Boston, Lexington, and Concord. British troops, whose leaders were convinced that colonists had stores of arms in the area, planned to march on this road from Boston. Paul Revere and William Dawes traveled this road before dawn to warn the colonists. The “shots heard ’round the world” were fired early in the morning on a spring day in Lexington. On that day the American Revolution began.

As you stroll in and near beautiful Lexington, you’ll visit the sites of troop movements, skirmishes, and battles. The walk’s centerpiece, the Lexington Battle Green, is lined with many of the original buildings that witnessed the opening of the war. Interspersed among historic sites along the way are 19th- and 20th-century buildings that reflect Lexington’s development into a commercial center, and later a suburb.

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